Smarty 'SmartyException' Class Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	55506
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2012-4437
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 12 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 16 2015 06:10PM
Credit:	The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable:	CiviCRM CiviCRM 3.3.3 CiviCRM CiviCRM 3.1 Beta 5 CiviCRM CiviCRM 3.1 Beta 1
Not Vulnerable:

Smarty 'SmartyException' Class Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Smarty is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Smarty 3.1.11 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Smarty 'SmartyException' Class Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit the issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to visit a specially crafted URL.

Smarty 'SmartyException' Class Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64

• Mandriva php-smarty-3.1.21-1.mbs1.noarch.rpm
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/


• Mandriva php-smarty-doc-3.1.21-1.mbs1.noarch.rpm
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/

Smarty 'SmartyException' Class Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Smarty Change Log (New Digital Group)
  
• Smarty Homepage (New Digital Group)
  
• CIVI-SA-2013-005 - Smarty XSS (Unspecified) (CiviCRM LLC)