CVE-2023-28447

Summary

CVECVE-2023-28447
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-03-28 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-02-01 15:19:00 UTC
DescriptionSmarty 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 36 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 38 All All All
Application Smarty Smarty All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: php-Smarty-3.1.48-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
Merge branch 'js_escape_security_fix' · smarty-php/smarty@6856624 · GitHub MISC github.com
Cross site scripting vulnerability in Javascript escaping · Advisory · smarty-php/smarty · GitHub MISC github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: php-Smarty-3.1.48-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: php-Smarty-3.1.48-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199998 Ubuntu Security Notification for PostfixAdmin Vulnerabilities (USN-6550-1)
  • 283873 Fedora Security Update for Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) (FEDORA-2023-4b03f6cd8a)
  • 283874 Fedora Security Update for Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) (FEDORA-2023-7490239652)
  • 284202 Fedora Security Update for Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) (FEDORA-2023-199edf23f0)
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