CVE-2008-4810: Smarty

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The _expand_quoted_text function in libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php in Smarty 2.6.20 before r2797 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via vectors related to templates and (1) a dollar-sign character, aka "php executed in templates;" and (2) a double quoted literal string, aka a "function injection security hole." NOTE: each vector affects slightly different SVN revisions.

Affected products

• Smarty Smarty: version 1.0 only; version 1.0a only; version 1.0b only; version 1.1.0 only; version 1.2.0 only; version 1.2.1 only; …

Published 2008-10-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.