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SCA: security update for webargs (GHSA-fjq3-5pxw-4wj4)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 414565

Description

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

 - flaskparser.py in Webargs 5.x through 5.5.2 doesn't check that the Content-Type header is application/json
 when receiving JSON input. If the request body is valid JSON, it will accept it even if the content type
 is application/x-www-form-urlencoded. This allows for JSON POST requests to be made across domains,
 leading to CSRF. (CVE-2020-7965)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fjq3-5pxw-4wj4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 414565

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: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7965

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/29/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7965

cwe: CWE-352