Yellow Swordfish Simple Forum <= 1.11 - SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2008-7040
CVSS	Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published	February 16, 2008
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	S@BUN

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in ahah/sf-profile.php in the Yellow Swordfish Simple Forum module for Wordpress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the u parameter. NOTE: this issue was disclosed by an unreliable researcher, so the details might be incorrect.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	simple-forum (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 1.11
Patched Version

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