CVE-2018-25047 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Smarty before 3.1.47 and 4.x before 4.2.1, libs/plugins/function.mailto.php allows XSS. A web page that uses smarty_function_mailto, and that could be parameterized using GET or POST input parameters, could allow injection of JavaScript code by a user.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00337.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Smarty	Smarty

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:smarty:smarty::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:smarty:smarty::::::::

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3262-1	smarty3 security update
Debian DLA	DLA-3956-1	smarty3 security update
EUVD	EUVD-2022-6844	In Smarty before 3.1.47 and 4.x before 4.2.1, libs/plugins/function.mailto.php allows XSS. A web page that uses smarty_function_mailto, and that could be parameterized using GET or POST input parameters, could allow injection of JavaScript code by a user.
Github GHSA	GHSA-hwq7-5vv9-c6cf	Smarty Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in pages that use smarty_function_mailto
Ubuntu USN	USN-7158-1	Smarty vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.gentoo.org/870100
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/454
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v3.1.47
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v4.2.1
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00002.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-09

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00288}`	epss `{'score': 0.0029}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-14T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:26:39.663Z

Reserved: 2022-09-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-25047

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-15T00:15:09.580

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:03:26.110

Link: CVE-2018-25047

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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