| Name | CVE-2023-28447 |
| Description | Smarty 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1033964, 1033965 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| smarty3 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.1.21-1+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 3.1.31+20161214.1.c7d42e4+selfpack1-2+deb9u6 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 3.1.33+20180830.1.3a78a21f+selfpack1-1+deb10u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.1.39-2+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 3.1.47-2 | vulnerable |
| sid | 3.1.48-1 | fixed |
| smarty4 (PTS) | bookworm | 4.3.0-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.5.4-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| smarty3 | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| smarty3 | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| smarty3 | source | (unstable) | 3.1.48-1 | | | 1033964 |
| smarty4 | source | bookworm | 4.3.0-1+deb12u1 | | | |
| smarty4 | source | (unstable) | 4.3.1-1 | | | 1033965 |
Notes
[bookworm] - smarty3 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - smarty3 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - smarty3 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/security/advisories/GHSA-7j98-h7fp-4vwj
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/e75165565e9e5956a73365c24d650ba40570ae72 (v4.3.1)
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/7677db7bc9a1dcfcad1435fc9d3bac3f295ca3ad (v3.1.48)