CVE-2009-5053 is an unspecified vulnerability in Smarty versions prior to 3.0.0 beta 6, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by injecting it into cache files. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and potentially leading to full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:smarty:smarty:*:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:smarty:smarty:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:smarty:smarty:1.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:smarty:smarty:1.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:smarty:smarty:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.