CVE-2017-1000480

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-01-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

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.

Affected products

Smarty: from 3.0.0 before 3.1.32 — fixed in 3.1.32

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Smarty 3.1.32. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/blob/master/change_log.txt
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00023.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00000.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4094
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/blob/master/change_log.txt
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00023.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00000.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4094

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