High

Sandbox Escape by math function in smarty

  • Disclosed: 12.01.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Impact

Template authors could run arbitrary PHP code by crafting a malicious math string. If a math string is passed through as user provided data to the math function, external users could run arbitrary PHP code by crafting a malicious math string.

Patches

Please upgrade to 4.0.2 or 3.1.42 or higher.

References

See documentation on Math function.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory please open an issue in the Smarty repo

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package smarty/smarty < 3.1.42, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.2 3.1.42, 4.0.2

References

CVSS score 8.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-74
Platform
Composer
Package
smarty/smarty
Disclosed
12.01.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-29gp-2c3m-3j6m - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: smarty/smarty

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (18) in the archive
Total entries
18
First → latest
02.2021 09.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 3
  • High 8
  • Medium 7

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 2
  2. 2022: 11
  3. 2023: 1
  4. 2024: 1
  5. 2025: 0
  6. 2026: 3
Severity:
  1. High · 7.3 CVE-2024-35226 >= 5.0.0, < 5.1.1, >= 3.0.0, < 4.5.3 5.1.1, 4.5.3
  2. High · 7.1 CVE-2023-28447 >= 4.0.0, < 4.3.1, < 3.1.48 4.3.1, 3.1.48
  3. High · 8.8 CVE-2022-29221 < 3.1.45, >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.1 3.1.45, 4.1.1
  4. High CVE-2014-8350 < 3.1.21 3.1.21
  5. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2017-1000480 >= 3, < 3.1.32 3.1.32
  6. High · 7.5 CVE-2018-13982 < 3.1.33 3.1.33
  7. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2011-1028 < 3.0.7 3.0.7
  8. High · 8.8 CVE-2021-21408 < 3.1.43, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.3 3.1.43, 4.0.3
  9. Sandbox Escape by math function in smarty this entry
    High · 8.1 CVE-2021-29454 < 3.1.42, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.2 3.1.42, 4.0.2
  10. High · 7.5 CVE-2021-26119 < 3.1.39 3.1.39
  11. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2021-26120 < 3.1.39 3.1.39

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