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SCA: security update for pressbooks/pressbooks (GHSA-9652-78hp-w58c)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413070

Description

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

 - PressBooks 5.17.3 contains a cross-site scripting (XSS). Stored XSS can be submitted via the Book Info's
 Long Description Body, and all actions to open or preview the books page will result in the triggering the
 stored XSS. (CVE-2021-3271)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9652-78hp-w58c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 413070

Version: Revision 1.4

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: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3271

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3271

cwe: CWE-79