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Vulnerability details: VCID-3xs3-13we-6ffu
Vulnerability ID VCID-3xs3-13we-6ffu
Aliases CVE-2017-1000480
GHSA-9m49-vhwv-422g
Summary Code Injection Smarty 3 is vulnerable to a PHP code injection when calling `fetch()` or `display()` functions on custom resources that does not sanitize template name.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
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
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
System Score Found at
epss 0.00636 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000480
epss 0.00636 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000480
epss 0.00636 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000480
epss 0.00636 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000480
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/blob/master/change_log.txt
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/blob/master/change_log.txt
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00023.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00023.html
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00000.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00000.html
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000480
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000480
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4094
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4094
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000480
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000480
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/blob/master/change_log.txt
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00023.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00000.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4094
886460 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=886460
CVE-2017-1000480 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000480
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/blob/master/change_log.txt
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00023.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00000.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000480
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4094
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.7084
EPSS Score 0.00636
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:37:24.446208+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/smarty/smarty/CVE-2017-1000480.yml 38.6.0