CVE-2012-4437

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the SmartyException class in Smarty (aka smarty-php) before 3.1.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors that trigger a Smarty exception.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.57%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/19/1 mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088138.html vendor advisory
http://code.google.com/p/smarty-php/source/browse/trunk/distribution/change_log.txt
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0468.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/50589 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:221 vendor advisory
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2012/JVNDB-2012-000094.html third party advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63650108/index.html third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/3 mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55506 vdb entry
http://code.google.com/p/smarty-php/source/detail?r=4658 patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-4437?
CVE-2012-4437 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-4437?
To fix CVE-2012-4437, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-4437 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2012-4437 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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