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SCA: security update for opensymphony:xwork (GHSA-h7mf-qrm9-2848)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415570

Description

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

 - Struts support in OpenSymphony XWork before 1.2.3, and 2.x before 2.0.4, as used in WebWork and Apache
 Struts, recursively evaluates all input as an Object-Graph Navigation Language (OGNL) expression when
 altSyntax is enabled, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) or
 execute arbitrary code via form input beginning with a "%{" sequence and ending with a "}" character.
 (CVE-2007-4556)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h7mf-qrm9-2848

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 415570

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: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

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-2007-4556

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/28/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4556

BID: 25524

cwe: CWE-20