CVE-2011-4173

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2011-4173 · Published 24/10/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2011-4173 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting smf (simplemachines).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.59%, higher than 48.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
smf simplemachines	`= 2.0`	No fix yet

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 2.x before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators or moderators via vectors involving image files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3615. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/09/3
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/10/6
secunia.com/advisories/46386 · Vendor Advisory
simplemachines.org/community/index.php · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

smf

simplemachines

= 2.0

No fix yet

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