usn-8242-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-05-07 07:47
Modified
2026-06-25 10:47
Summary
civicrm vulnerability
Details

Takuya Aramaki discovered that Smarty, vendored in CiviCRM, did not properly escape JavaScript code. An attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct a cross-site scripting attack.

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  "details": "Takuya Aramaki discovered that Smarty, vendored in CiviCRM, did not\nproperly escape JavaScript code. An attacker could possibly use this issue\nto conduct a cross-site scripting attack.",
  "id": "USN-8242-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:47:38Z",
  "published": "2026-05-07T07:47:07Z",
  "references": [
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    },
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "civicrm vulnerability",
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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28447"
  ]
}



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