Vulnerability in Smarty

CVE-2008-4811

The _expand_quoted_text function in libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php in Smarty 2.6.20 r2797 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via vectors related to templates and a \ (backslash) before a dollar-sign character.

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.5th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2008-4811: held from 0.016 to 0.016.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Smarty — versions 1.0, 1.0a, 1.0b

Weakness classification (CWE)

References