ESAPI (The OWASP Enterprise Security API) is a free, open source, web application security control library. Prior to version 2.3.0.0, there is a potential for a cross-site scripting vulnerability in ESAPI caused by a incorrect regular expression for "onsiteURL" in the **antisamy-esapi.xml** configuration file that can cause "javascript:" URLs to fail to be correctly sanitized. This issue is patched in ESAPI 2.3.0.0. As a workaround, manually edit the **antisamy-esapi.xml** configuration files to change the "onsiteURL" regular expression. More information about remediation of the vulnerability, including the workaround, is available in the maintainers' release notes and security bulletin.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8181-1 advisory.

    Jaroslav Lobaevski discovered that ESAPI incorrectly validated directory paths during path verification.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass directory validation checks, leading to control-flow     bypass. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04     LTS. (CVE-2022-23457)

    Kevin W. Wall and Sebastian Passaro discovered that ESAPI did not properly sanitize javascript URLs     because of an incorrect regular expression. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a cross-     site scripting attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and     Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-24891)

    Longlong Gong discovered that ESAPI did not properly neutralize special elements during SQL injection     defense. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform SQL injection. (CVE-2025-5878)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4246 advisory.

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    Package        : libowasp-esapi-java     Version        : 2.4.0.0-0+deb11u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2022-23457 CVE-2022-24891 CVE-2025-5878     Debian Bug     : 1010339 1109378

    Several security vulnerabilities have been discovered in libowasp-esapi-java,     a Java Enterprise Security API.

    CVE-2022-23457:

        ESAPI (The OWASP Enterprise Security API) is a free, open source, web         application security control library. Prior to this update the default         implementation of `Validator.getValidDirectoryPath(String, String, File,         boolean)` may incorrectly treat the tested input string as a child of the         specified parent directory. This potentially could allow control-flow         bypass checks to be defeated if an attack can specify the entire string         representing the 'input' path.

    CVE-2022-24891:

        There is a potential for a cross-site scripting vulnerability in ESAPI         caused by a incorrect regular expression for onsiteURL in the
        **antisamy-esapi.xml** configuration file that can cause javascript: URLs         to fail to be correctly sanitized.

    CVE-2025-5878:

        This issue affects the interface Encoder.encodeForSQL of the         SQL Injection Defense. An attack leads to an improper neutralization of         special elements. We are not aware of any affected reverse-dependencies in         Debian but if you use ESAPI in a stand-alone project, you should be aware         that the Encoder.encodeForSQL method has been deprecated and will be         removed eventually. In addition the DB2Codec, MySQLCodec and OracleCodec         classes have been deprecated too. We recommend to carefully assess if         your project might be affected by these classes and methods and if you have         to implement additional steps to secure your application. The update does         not automatically protect you from any potential risks.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version     2.4.0.0-0+deb11u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your libowasp-esapi-java packages.

    For the detailed security status of libowasp-esapi-java please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libowasp-esapi-java

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS     Attachment:
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The 5.9.0.0 and 6.4.0.0 versions of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the July 2023 CPU advisory.

  - Vulnerability in the BI Publisher product of Oracle Analytics (component: Security (Apache CXF)). The     supported version that is affected is 6.4.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker     with network access via HTTP to compromise BI Publisher. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in     takeover of BI Publisher. (CVE-2022-46364)

  - Vulnerability in the BI Publisher product of Oracle Analytics (component: Development Operations (Snowflake     JDBC)). The supported version that is affected is 7.0.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows     unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise BI Publisher. Successful attacks require human     interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover     of BI Publisher. (CVE-2023-30535)

  - Vulnerability in the BI Publisher product of Oracle Analytics (component: Web Server (Spring Framework)).
    Supported versions that are affected are 6.4.0.0.0 and 7.0.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low     privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise BI Publisher. Successful attacks of this     vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of BI     Publisher. (CVE-2023-20861)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OAS) 6.4.0.0.0 and 7.0.0.0 installed on the remote host are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the July 2023 CPU advisory. 

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Analytics     (component: Analytics Server (Apache Hive)). Supported versions that are affected are 6.4.0.0.0,     7.0.0.0.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network     access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of     this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data     or all Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data as well as unauthorized access to     critical data or complete access to all Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data.
    (CVE-2018-1282)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Analytics     (component: Visual Analyzer (jackson-databind)). Supported versions that are affected are 6.4.0.0.0 and     7.0.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP     to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability     can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of     Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. (CVE-2022-33980)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Analytics     (component: Visual Analyzer (CKEditor)). Supported versions that are affected are 6.4.0.0.0 and     7.0.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP     to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks require human     interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Business     Intelligence Enterprise Edition, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change).     Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to     some of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data as well as unauthorized read     access to a subset of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data. (CVE-2023-28439)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The 12.1.0.2, 19c, 21c, All Supported Versions, and None versions of Oracle Database Server installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the July 2022 CPU advisory.

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition Sharding component of Oracle Database Server.
    For supported versions that are affected see note. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged     attacker having Local Logon privilege with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Database - Enterprise     Edition Sharding executes to compromise Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition Sharding. While the     vulnerability is in Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition Sharding, attacks may significantly impact     additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of     Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition Sharding. (CVE-2022-21510)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition Recovery component of Oracle Database Server. For     supported versions that are affected see note. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged     attacker having EXECUTE ON DBMS_IR.EXECUTESQLSCRIPT privilege with network access via Oracle Net to compromise Oracle     Database - Enterprise Edition Recovery. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of     Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition Recovery. Note: None of the supported versions are affected. (CVE-2022-21511)

  - Vulnerability in the Java VM component of Oracle Database Server. Supported versions that are affected are     12.1.0.2, 19c and 21c. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker having Create Procedure     privilege with network access via Oracle Net to compromise Java VM. Successful attacks of this vulnerability     can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Java VM accessible     data. (CVE-2022-21565)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
307008	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : ESAPI vulnerabilities (USN-8181-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
242493	Debian dla-4246 : libowasp-esapi-java - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
178712	Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (OBIEE) (July 2023 CPU)	Nessus	Misc.	critical
178710	Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OAS) (July 2023 CPU)	Nessus	Misc.	critical
163408	Oracle Database Server (Jul 2022 CPU)	Nessus	Databases	critical

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