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CVE-2009-1669

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-05-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The smarty_function_math function in libs/plugins/function.math.php in Smarty 2.6.22 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the equation attribute of the math function. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

• Smarty: 2.6.22

References

• http://osvdb.org/54380
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35072
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35219
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34918
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-791-3
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50457
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8659
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01274.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01283.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01287.html
• http://osvdb.org/54380
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35072

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