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SCA: security update for smashing (GHSA-254j-mmc5-qhpx)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 408682

Description

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

 - Smashing 1.3.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS). A URL for a widget can be crafted and used to
 execute JavaScript on the victim's computer. The JavaScript code can then steal data available in the
 session/cookies depending on the user environment (e.g. if re-using internal URL's for deploying, or
 cookies that are very permissive) private information may be retrieved by the attacker. (CVE-2021-35440)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-254j-mmc5-qhpx

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 408682

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-35440

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-35440

cwe: CWE-79