Smarty: arbitrary commands execution via shell metacharacters in the equation attribute of the math function
Published May 18, 2009
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 14.12%
Description
The smarty_function_math function in libs/plugins/function.math.php in Smarty 2.6.22 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the equation attribute of the math function. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 14.12% (0.14117) | 96.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 14.12% (0.14117) | 96.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 25.85% (0.25846) | 96.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 19.48% (0.19480) | 94.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 30.81% (0.30809) | 94.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 19.48% (0.19480) | 94.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.94% (0.02940) | 90.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 4, 2024 | 1.01% (0.01014) | 83.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.01% (0.01014) | 81.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://osvdb.org/54380 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35072 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35219 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34918 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-791-3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1669 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501564 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50457 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1669
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1669
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8659 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01274.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01283.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01287.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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