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Smarty3 Arbitrary PHP Code Execution

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 22, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 12, 2024

Package

composer smarty/smarty (Composer)

Affected versions

< 3.0.7

Patched versions

3.0.7

Description

The $smarty.template variable in Smarty3 allows attackers to possibly execute arbitrary PHP code via the sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_private_special_variable.php file.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 20, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 22, 2022
Reviewed Jan 12, 2024
Last updated Jan 12, 2024

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2011-1028

GHSA ID

GHSA-6frx-2r5w-c524

Source code

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