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Vulnerability details: VCID-3nky-rj9a-dyb7
Vulnerability ID VCID-3nky-rj9a-dyb7
Aliases CVE-2012-4437
GHSA-9gqj-ppv2-f2hq
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.0057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4437
epss 0.0057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4437
epss 0.0057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4437
generic_textual MODERATE https://code.google.com/p/smarty-php/source/browse/trunk/distribution/change_log.txt
generic_textual MODERATE https://code.google.com/p/smarty-php/source/detail?r=4658
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088138.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4437
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20140201075419/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55506
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/19/1
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/3
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4437
https://code.google.com/p/smarty-php/source/browse/trunk/distribution/change_log.txt
https://code.google.com/p/smarty-php/source/detail?r=4658
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4437
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088138.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4437
https://web.archive.org/web/20140201075419/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55506
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/19/1
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/3
688153 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688153
GHSA-9gqj-ppv2-f2hq https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9gqj-ppv2-f2hq
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.68953
EPSS Score 0.0057
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T17:11:02.892829+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0