High severity · published Sep 18, 2018
CVE-2018-13982
Smarty_Security::isTrustedResourceDir() in Smarty before 3.1.33 is prone to a path traversal vulnerability due to insufficient template code sanitization
7.5
CVSS
3.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Smarty_Security::isTrustedResourceDir() in Smarty before 3.1.33 is prone to a path traversal vulnerability due to insufficient template code sanitization. This allows attackers controlling the executed template code to bypass the trusted directory security restriction and read arbitrary files.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.5% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
SM
Smarty · Smarty
before 3.1.33 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13982
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13982
Exploit
https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2018/SBA-ADV-20180420-01_Smarty_Path_Traversal
Patch
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/2e081a51b1effddb23f87952959139ac62654d50
Patch
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/8d21f38dc35c4cd6b31c2f23fc9b8e5adbc56dfe
Patch
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/bcedfd6b58bed4a7366336979ebaa5a240581531
Patch
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/c9dbe1d08c081912d02bd851d1d1b6388f6133d1
Patch
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/f9ca3c63d1250bb56b2bda609dcc9dd81f0065f8
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