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CVE-2023-28447

Publication date 28 March 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
civicrm 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
postfixadmin 24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
23.10 mantic Ignored
23.04 lunar Ignored
22.10 kinetic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
20.04 LTS focal
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
smarty3 24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored
23.04 lunar Ignored
22.10 kinetic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
smarty4 24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored
23.04 lunar Ignored
22.10 kinetic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored

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Notes

ccdm94

postfixadmin does not contain embedded copies of smarty in trusty and xenial. In bionic, postfixadmin contains an embedded smarty copy at version 3.1.29, while in jammy it contains an embedded copy at version 3.1.33. In lunar and mantic this copy is at version 4.3.0.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.1 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N