CVE-2008-6741

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in Load.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by setting the db_character_set parameter to a multibyte character set such as big5, which causes the addslashes PHP function to produce a "\" (backslash) sequence that does not quote the "'" (single quote) character, as demonstrated via a manlabels action to index.php.

Published: 2009-04-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6741 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-6741

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5826 exploit_db edb 2008-06-15 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6741

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-11 0.29% 0.41% +0.13%
2 2025-12-06 0.13% 0.29% +0.16%
3 2025-07-08 — 0.13% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6741

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6741

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6741

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
simple_machines simple_machines_forum <= 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple_machines simple_machines_forum 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple_machines simple_machines_forum 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple_machines simple_machines_forum 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple_machines simple_machines_forum 1.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple_machines simple_machines_forum 1.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple_machines simple_machines_forum 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple_machines simple_machines_forum 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple_machines simple_machines_forum 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple_machines simple_machines_forum 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple_machines simple_machines_forum 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple_machines simple_machines_forum 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6741

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