DOMPurify is a DOM-only, super-fast, uber-tolerant XSS sanitizer for HTML, MathML and SVG. DOMPurify was vulnerable to prototype pollution. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.4.2.

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

  - DOMPurify is a DOM-only, super-fast, uber-tolerant XSS sanitizer for HTML, MathML and SVG. DOMPurify was     vulnerable to prototype pollution. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.4.2. (CVE-2024-48910)

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

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4048 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4048-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                   Bastien Roucaris     February 10, 2025                             https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : cacti     Version        : 1.2.16+ds1-2+deb11u5     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-43362 CVE-2024-43363 CVE-2024-43364 CVE-2024-43365                      CVE-2024-45598 CVE-2024-47875 CVE-2024-48910 CVE-2024-54145                      CVE-2025-22604 CVE-2025-24367 CVE-2025-24368


    Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cacti, a web     interface for graphing of monitoring systems, which could result in     cross-site scripting, SQL injection, or command injection.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version     1.2.16+ds1-2+deb11u5.

    We recommend that you upgrade your cacti packages.

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

    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

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 version of Solarwinds Web Help Desk installed on the remote host is prior to 12.8.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 12.8.4 release notes.

  - Cure53 DOMPurify before 2.0.17 allows mutation XSS. This occurs because a serialize-parse roundtrip does     not necessarily return the original DOM tree, and a namespace can change from HTML to MathML, as     demonstrated by nesting of FORM elements. (CVE-2020-26870)

  - SolarWinds Web Help Desk was susceptible to a local file read vulnerability. This vulnerability requires     the software be installed on Linux and configured to use non-default development/test mode making exposure     to the vulnerability very limited. (CVE-2024-45709)

  - DOMPurify is a DOM-only, super-fast, uber-tolerant XSS sanitizer for HTML, MathML and SVG. It has been     discovered that malicious HTML using special nesting techniques can bypass the depth checking added to     DOMPurify in recent releases. It was also possible to use Prototype Pollution to weaken the depth check.
    This renders dompurify unable to avoid cross site scripting (XSS) attacks. This issue has been addressed     in versions 2.5.4 and 3.1.3 of DOMPurify. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds     for this vulnerability. (CVE-2024-45801)

  - DOMPurify is a DOM-only, super-fast, uber-tolerant XSS sanitizer for HTML, MathML and SVG. DOMpurify was     vulnerable to nesting-based mXSS. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.5.0 and 3.1.3. (CVE-2024-47875)

  - DOMPurify is a DOM-only, super-fast, uber-tolerant XSS sanitizer for HTML, MathML and SVG. DOMPurify was     vulnerable to prototype pollution. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.4.2. (CVE-2024-48910)

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
252196	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-48910	Nessus	Misc.	critical
216095	Debian dla-4048 : cacti - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
213005	SolarWinds Web Help Desk < 12.8.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	CGI abuses	medium

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