7.1

CVE-2023-28447: fedoraproject fedora Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 7.1v3.1HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2023-0155UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28447DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28447
Published 28-03-2023Last modified 03-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-28447 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 1.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.02%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 5
DLA-3956-1DSA-5826-1USN-6550-1USN-7158-1USN-8242-1USN-8242-2

Timeline

  1. 28-03-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.02%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

63%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 1.03% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.02%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu3 products
  • civicrm< 4.7.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1 | < 4.7.30+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 | < 5.21.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 5.33.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1+esm1
  • postfixadmin< 3.0.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 3.2.1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 3.3.10-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 3.3.13-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • smarty3< 3.1.21-1ubuntu1+esm2 | < 3.1.31+20161214.1.c7d42e4+selfpack1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1 | < 3.1.34+20190228.1.c9f0de05+selfpack1-1ubuntu0.1 | < 3.1.39-2ubuntu1.22.04.2 | < 3.1.48-1ubuntu0.24.04.1
Debian2 products
  • smarty3< 3.1.47-2+deb12u1 | < 3.1.48-1
  • smarty4< 4.3.0-1+deb12u1 | < 4.3.1-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Mageia1 product
  • php-smarty< 4.3.1-1.mga8
Smarty1 product
  • smarty< 3.1.48 | ≥ 4.0.0, < 4.3.1
Smarty-php1 product
  • smarty≥ 4.0.0, < 4.3.1 | < 3.1.48

6 vendors · 9 products

References

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