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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-1000480 json

Smarty PHP code injection

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-9m49-vhwv-422g , EUVD-2022-3409

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Smarty 3 before 3.1.32 is vulnerable to a PHP code injection when calling fetch() or display() functions on custom resources that does not sanitize template name.

Patch / fix

  • packagist smarty/smarty 3.1.32
  • smarty smarty 3.1.32
  • smarty3 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.1.31+20161214.1.c7d42e4+selfpack1-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000480

  • smarty3 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 3.1.31+20161214.1.c7d42e4+selfpack1-3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000480

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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red hat product security vex CVE-2017-1000480 updated cvss 7.5

php-Smarty: Code injection when calling fetch() or display() on unsanitized template names

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist smarty/smarty
>=3, <3.1.32
3.1.32

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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