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CVE-2018-16831

Published: Sep 11, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-22
5.9MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.7%
Top 15.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Smarty before 3.1.33-dev-4 allows attackers to bypass the trusted_dir protection mechanism via a file:./../ substring in an include statement.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

smarty
oss-projectaka smarty template engine
smartyLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Packagist
package-ecosystem
smarty/smarty
OSS Libraries
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
UbuntuOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
New Digital Group, Inc.
commercialaka smarty
SmartyLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
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References

https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/486
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16831
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/f9ca3c63d1250bb56b2bda609dcc9dd81f0065f8
github.com
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