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SCA: security update for xmpp-http-upload (GHSA-hwv5-w8gm-fq9f)
low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416001
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- In xmpp-http-upload before version 0.4.0, when the GET method is attacked, attackers can read files which
have a `.data` suffix and which are accompanied by a JSON file with the `.meta` suffix. This can lead to
Information Disclosure and in some shared-hosting scenarios also to circumvention of authentication or
other limitations on the outbound (GET) traffic. For example, in a scenario where a single server has
multiple instances of the application running (with separate DATA_ROOT settings), an attacker who has
knowledge about the directory structure is able to read files from any other instance to which the process
has read access. If instances have individual authentication (for example, HTTP authentication via a
reverse proxy, source IP based filtering) or other restrictions (such as quotas), attackers may circumvent
those limits in such a scenario by using the Directory Traversal to retrieve data from the other
instances. If the associated XMPP server (or anyone knowing the SECRET_KEY) is malicious, they can write
files outside the DATA_ROOT. The files which are written are constrained to have the `.meta` and the
`.data` suffixes; the `.meta` file will contain the JSON with the Content-Type of the original request and
the `.data` file will contain the payload. The issue is patched in version 0.4.0. (CVE-2020-15239)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 416001
Version: Revision 1.6
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: 1.2
Percentile: 0.01
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Low
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4
Temporal Score: 3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15239
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.5
Temporal Score: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.3
Threat Score: 0.6
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-15239
cwe: CWE-22