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CVE-2008-1066

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1066 describes a critical vulnerability in the Smarty templating engine, specifically within the modifier.regex_replace.php plugin, affecting versions prior to 2.6.19 and products like Serendipity (S9Y). This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary PHP functions through crafted templates by leveraging a null byte in a search string. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been identified, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 54/100 indicates a notable potential risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:smarty:smarty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0195 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1066

smarty arbitrary code execution in template

References

blog.s9y.org / archives/191-Serendipity-1.3-beta1-released.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.html
secunia.com / advisories/29241
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29392
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29398
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29405
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29562
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29839
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201111-04.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41002
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00298.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00358.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00551.html
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1520
phpinsider.com / smarty-forum/viewtopic.php
securityfocus.com / bid/28105
smarty.net / misc/NEWS