SCA: security update for psiTurk (GHSA-9mq4-9556-6qxq)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413372

Description

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

- A vulnerability has been found in NYUCCL psiTurk up to 3.2.0 and classified as critical. This
vulnerability affects unknown code of the file psiturk/experiment.py. The manipulation of the argument
mode leads to improper neutralization of special elements used in a template engine. The exploit has been
disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.2.1 is able to address this issue. The
name of the patch is 47787e15cecd66f2aa87687bf852ae0194a4335f. It is recommended to upgrade the affected
component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-219676. (CVE-2021-4315)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9mq4-9556-6qxq

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 413372

Version: Revision 1.19

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: 57.58

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-2021-4315

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4315