CVE-2023-28447

Publication date 28 March 2023

Last updated 12 December 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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
civicrm 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
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 end of standard support
postfixadmin 24.10 oracular
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needed
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needed
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needed
22.04 LTS jammy
20.04 LTS focal
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
smarty3 24.10 oracular
Fixed 3.1.48-1ubuntu0.24.10.1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.1.48-1ubuntu0.24.04.1
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.1.39-2ubuntu1.22.04.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.1.34+20190228.1.c9f0de05+selfpack1-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
smarty4 24.10 oracular
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
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 end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

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Notes

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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