Code Injection in Smarty - CVE-2021-29454
Published: March 28, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU61664
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29454
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: smarty.php.net
Affected software:
Smarty
Smarty
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary PHP code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote user can inject a malicious math string into he PHP template and execute arbitrary PHP code on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-29454
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/215d81a9fa3cd63d82fb3ab56ecaf97cf1e7db71
- https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/security/advisories/GHSA-29gp-2c3m-3j6m
- https://packagist.org/packages/smarty/smarty
- https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v3.1.42
- https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/language.function.math.tpl
- https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v4.0.2