SB2014110304 - Code Injection in smarty.php.net Smarty
Published: November 3, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014110304
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8350)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Smarty before 3.1.21 allows remote attackers to bypass the secure mode restrictions and execute arbitrary PHP code as demonstrated by "{literal}<{/literal}script language=php>" in a template.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0468.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/420
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/421
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:221
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70708
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=765920
- https://code.google.com/p/smarty-php/source/browse/trunk/distribution/change_log.txt?r=4902
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97725