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SCA: security update for feedparser (GHSA-3mwg-gp5g-fv3q)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409598

Description

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

 - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in feedparser.py in Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or
 python-feedparser) before 5.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors
 involving nested CDATA stanzas. (CVE-2009-5065)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3mwg-gp5g-fv3q

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 409598

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-5065

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 2.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-5065

BID: 47177

cwe: CWE-79