01 Record
CVE-2016-5727
LogInOut.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 2.1 allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via vectors related to variables derived from user input
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
LogInOut.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 2.1 allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via vectors related to variables derived from user input
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-02-09 15:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:07Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-06-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b96e005412d44434cee66c5d6dc49a092af0f19aef8b6ae17c96bb283d52b93b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF2.1/issues/3522
- github.comhttps://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF2.1/commit/19e560b9f3e8fc6d7d9d60c1ff617b5ed5c08008#diff-513c4f9c501cbefcc14420c01848f23c
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160618 Re: Simple Machines Forums - PHP Object Injectionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/18/1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160610 Simple Machines Forums - PHP Object Injectionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/7