Yellowswordfish Simple Forum on WordPress sf-profile.php u sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Yellowswordfish Simple Forum on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function of the file sf-profile.php. Such manipulation of the argument u leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-7040. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Yellowswordfish Simple Forum on WordPress (Forum Software) (affected version not known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file sf-profile.php. The manipulation of the argument u with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 02/16/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-7040 since 08/23/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:sf-profile.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41578), Exploit-DB (31227), SecurityFocus (BID 27854†) and OSVDB (52210†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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02/18/2008 +1 days 🔍
02/23/2009 +371 days 🔍
08/23/2009 +180 days 🔍
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03/18/2015 +2032 days 🔍
12/21/2025 +3931 days 🔍

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Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-7040 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-7040
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49604
X-Force: 41578
SecurityFocus: 27854 - Yellow Swordfish Simple Forum 'sf-profile.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability
OSVDB: 52210 - Simple Forum Plugin for WordPress sf-profile.php u Parameter SQL Injection

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 12/21/2025 08:40
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (46), 08/28/2017 09:14 (10), 12/21/2025 08:40 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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