CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedSmarty template engine versions prior to 4.5.7 and 5.8.2 are vulnerable to server-side request forgery (SSRF) due to inadequate validation of remote URLs in the {fetch} handling process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by manipulating fetch targets to redirect requests to internal endpoints, potentially compromising sensitive data or services. Organizations using affected versions of Smarty should prioritize upgrading to the patched versions to mitigate this risk.
Public Exploit Signal
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Original NVD Description
Smarty is a template engine for PHP, facilitating the separation of presentation (HTML/CSS) from application logic. Prior to 4.5.7 and 5.8.2, depending on the release line, Smarty's {fetch} handling in libs/plugins/function.fetch.php and src/FunctionHandler/Fetch.php used Security::isTrustedUri() to validate only the initial remote URL against trusted_uri when a security policy was active. For resources handled by file_get_contents(), including HTTPS URLs, PHP followed HTTP redirects by default. An attacker who could supply or influence a fetch target and had an open redirect on a trusted host could redirect the request to an attacker-chosen internal endpoint, bypass the trusted_uri allowlist, and perform server-side request forgery. This issue is fixed in versions 4.5.7 and 5.8.2.