CVE-2026-62993
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.4–6.9
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affected products (2)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-cq55-c7wv-pxmqSmarty: SSRF via redirect bypass of trusted_uri using {fetch}2026-09-01ghsa · osvUS
When a Security policy is active, {fetch} validates the requested remote URL against the trusted_uri allowlist via Security::isTrustedUri(). For non-http:// schemes (e.g. https://) the resource was then read with file_get_contents(), which follows HTTP redirects by default. Because isTrustedUri() only validates the initial URL, an open redirect on an otherwise-trusted host could be used to redirect the request to a non-trusted, internal target — bypassing the trusted_uri policy. ## Impact An attacker who can supply a fetch target (or influence one) and who has an open redirect available on a trusted host can cause the server to issue requests to attacker-chosen internal endpoints, defeating the trusted_uri allowlist (server-side request forgery). ## Patches Fixed in 5.8.2. When a security policy is active, {fetch} now passes a stream context that disables redirect following (follow_location => 0, max_redirects => 1) to file_get_contents() for remote resources. Behavior is unchanged when no security policy is set, since there is no trusted_uri to bypass. ## Workarounds Avoid fetching remote resources from within templates under untrusted control; ensure hosts listed in trusted_uri do not expose open redirects.
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references (6) nvd
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- https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/31e06fc087a8b5a9b236c1e5dacc1c2850a2c115
- https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/a1ccdb0518021a559b4066c37b76a42c86bbce90
- https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/pull/1194
- https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v4.5.7
- https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v5.8.2
- https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/security/advisories/GHSA-cq55-c7wv-pxmq
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