MediumGHSA-9gqj-ppv2-f2hqCVE-2012-4437

Cross-site Scripting in SmartyException

Published 17 May 2022 · Updated 6 Dec 2024

Affected package

Affected: <3.1.12
Fixed in: 3.1.12

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require smarty/smarty:^3.1.12

Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the SmartyException class in Smarty (aka smarty-php) before 3.1.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors that trigger a Smarty exception.

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References

Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4437
Linkcode.google.com/p/smarty-php/source/browse/trunk/distribution/change_log.txt
Linkcode.google.com/p/smarty-php/source/detail?r=4658
Packagegithub.com/smarty-php/smarty
Linklists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088138.html
Linkweb.archive.org/web/20140201075419/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55506
Linkwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/19/1
Linkwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/3

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