CVE-2023-28447 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Smarty is a template engine for PHP. In affected versions smarty did not properly escape javascript code. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the user's browser session. This may lead to unauthorized access to sensitive user data, manipulation of the web application's behavior, or unauthorized actions performed on behalf of the user. Users are advised to upgrade to either version 3.1.48 or to 4.3.1 to resolve this issue. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Fedoraproject	Fedora
Smarty	Smarty

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:smarty:smarty::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:smarty:smarty::::::::

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/685662466f653597428966d75a661073104d713d
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/security/advisories/GHSA-7j98-h7fp-4vwj
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HSAUM3YHWHO4UCJXRGRLQGPJAO3MFOZZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBB35GLYTL6JL6EOM6BOZNYP47JKNNHT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P7O7SKTATM6GAP45S64QFXNLWIY5I7HP/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-03-28T20:07:39.103Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T16:48:42.664Z

Reserved: 2023-03-15T15:59:10.057Z

Link: CVE-2023-28447

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-28T21:15:11.127

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:55:05.890

Link: CVE-2023-28447

Redhat

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