CVE-2009-1669: Smarty: arbitrary commands execution via shell metacharacters in the equation attribute of the math function

Severity: Critical

CVSS Score: 10

The smarty_function_math function in libs/plugins/function.math.php in Smarty 2.6.22 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the equation attribute of the math function. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.