A flaw was found in hibernate-validator's 'isValid' method in the org.hibernate.validator.internal.constraintvalidators.hv.SafeHtmlValidator class, which can be bypassed by omitting the tag ending in a less-than character. Browsers may render an invalid html, allowing HTML injection or Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) attacks.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A flaw was found in hibernate-validator's 'isValid' method in the     org.hibernate.validator.internal.constraintvalidators.hv.SafeHtmlValidator class, which can be bypassed by     omitting the tag ending in a less-than character. Browsers may render an invalid html, allowing HTML     injection or Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2023-1932)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - A flaw was found in hibernate-validator's 'isValid' method in the
    org.hibernate.validator.internal.constraintvalidators.hv.SafeHtmlValidator class, which can be bypassed by
    omitting the tag ending in a less-than character. Browsers may render an invalid html, allowing HTML
    injection or Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2023-1932)

The version of Hibernate Validator on the remote host is prior to 6.2. It may, therefore, by affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. A flaw was found in the isValid method in the org.hibernate.validator.internal.constraintvalidators.hv.SafeHtmlValidator class, which can be bypassed by omitting the tag ending in a less-than character.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
252336	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-1932	Nessus	Misc.	medium
420374	SCA: security update for org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator, org.hibernate:hibernate-validator (GHSA-x83m-pf6f-pf9g)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
420374	SCA: security update for org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator, org.hibernate:hibernate-validator (GHSA-x83m-pf6f-pf9g)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium
190605	Hibernate Validator < 6.2 XSS	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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CVE-2023-1932

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