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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-13982

Smarty_Security::isTrustedResourceDir() in Smarty before 3.1.33 is prone to a path traversal vulnerability due to insufficient template code sanitization. This allows attackers controlling the executed template code to bypass the trusted directory security restriction and read arbitrary files.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-13982

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Sept 2018, 21:29 UTC

Smarty_Security::isTrustedResourceDir() in Smarty before 3.1.33 is prone to a path traversal vulnerability due to insufficient template code sanitization. This allows attackers controlling the executed template code to bypass the trusted directory security restriction and read arbitrary files.

osv:CVE-2018-13982
Complete source record
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