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CVE-2025-2583

SimpleMachines SMF ManageNews.php cross site scripting



Description

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A vulnerability was found in SimpleMachines SMF 2.1.4. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file ManageNews.php. The manipulation of the argument subject/message leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The vendor does not declare this issue a security vulnerability due to authentication requirements before being able to access any feature in the software that allows file modification.

Es wurde eine Schwachstelle in SimpleMachines SMF 2.1.4 ausgemacht. Sie wurde als problematisch eingestuft. Dabei betrifft es einen unbekannter Codeteil der Datei ManageNews.php. Dank Manipulation des Arguments subject/message mit unbekannten Daten kann eine cross site scripting-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Die Umsetzung des Angriffs kann dabei über das Netzwerk erfolgen. Der Exploit steht zur öffentlichen Verfügung. Die wahre Existenz der vermeintlichen Schwachstelle wird zur Zeit in Frage gestellt.

Reserved 2025-03-20 | Published 2025-03-21 | Updated 2025-04-21 | Assigner VulDB


MEDIUM: 5.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
LOW: 3.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
LOW: 3.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem types

Cross Site Scripting

Code Injection

Product status

2.1.4
affected

Timeline

2025-03-20:Advisory disclosed
2025-03-20:VulDB entry created
2025-04-21:VulDB entry last update

Credits

Fewwords (VulDB User) reporter

References

vuldb.com/?id.300543 (VDB-300543 | SimpleMachines SMF ManageNews.php cross site scripting) vdb-entry technical-description

vuldb.com/?ctiid.300543 (VDB-300543 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/?submit.512001 (Submit #512001 | SimpleMachines SMF 2.1.4 Cross Site Scripting) third-party-advisory

github.com/Fewword/Poc/blob/main/smf/smf-poc5.md exploit

github.com/Fewword/Poc/blob/main/smf/smf-poc6.md exploit

cve.org (CVE-2025-2583)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-2583)

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