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SCA: security update for org.apache.velocity:velocity-engine-parent (GHSA-59j4-wjwp-mw9m)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 410734

Description

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

 - An attacker that is able to modify Velocity templates may execute arbitrary Java code or run arbitrary
 system commands with the same privileges as the account running the Servlet container. This applies to
 applications that allow untrusted users to upload/modify velocity templates running Apache Velocity Engine
 versions up to 2.2. (CVE-2020-13936)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-59j4-wjwp-mw9m

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 410734

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.82

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13936

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13936

cwe: CWE-20