Description
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the avatar upload functionality in Simple Machines Forum before 2.0.6 and 2.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an unspecified directory.
Published: 2013-10-25
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: 1.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-4334 Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the avatar upload functionality in Simple Machines Forum before 2.0.6 and 2.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an unspecified directory.
History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01708}

epss

{'score': 0.01273}


Subscriptions

Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:09:41.285Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4465

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-10-25T23:55:04.130

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-4465

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses