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GHSA-HWQ7-5VV9-C6CF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-09-16 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 16:39

Summary

Smarty Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in pages that use smarty_function_mailto

Details

In Smarty before 3.1.47 and 4.x before 4.2.1, libs/plugins/function.mailto.php allows cross-site scripting. A web page that uses smarty_function_mailto, and that could be parameterized using GET or POST input parameters, could allow injection of JavaScript code by a user.

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "smarty/smarty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.1.47"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "smarty/smarty"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.2.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-25047"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-09-16T21:59:38Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-09-15T00:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In Smarty before 3.1.47 and 4.x before 4.2.1, `libs/plugins/function.mailto.php` allows cross-site scripting. A web page that uses `smarty_function_mailto`, and that could be parameterized using GET or POST input parameters, could allow injection of JavaScript code by a user.",
  "id": "GHSA-hwq7-5vv9-c6cf",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T16:39:18Z",
  "published": "2022-09-16T00:00:39Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25047"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/454"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/55ea25d1f50f0406fb1ccedd212c527977793fc9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/870100"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/smarty/smarty/CVE-2018-25047.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v3.1.47"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v4.2.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00002.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00013.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-09"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Smarty Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in pages that use smarty_function_mailto"
}

CVE-2018-25047 (GCVE-0-2018-25047)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-14 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:44

Summary

In Smarty before 3.1.47 and 4.x before 4.2.1, libs/plugins/function.mailto.php allows XSS. A web page that uses smarty_function_mailto, and that could be parameterized using GET or POST input parameters, could allow injection of JavaScript code by a user.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2315 records in the last 180 days details

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/454
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag…
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag…
https://bugs.gentoo.org/870100
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-09	vendor-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…	mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024…

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          "dateUpdated": "2025-11-03T21:44:10.223Z",
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            "url": "https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v4.2.1"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v3.1.47"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/870100"
          },
          {
            "name": "GLSA-202209-09",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_transferred"
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            "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-09"
          },
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            "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00002.html"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00013.html"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
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      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
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        }
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        "dateUpdated": "2023-01-05T00:00:00.000Z",
        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
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          "url": "https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/454"
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          "url": "https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v4.2.1"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v3.1.47"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/870100"
        },
        {
          "name": "GLSA-202209-09",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory"
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