SCA: security update for commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload (GHSA-vm69-474v-7q2w)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419405

Description

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

- The default configuration of javax.servlet.context.tempdir in Apache Commons FileUpload 1.0 through 1.2.2
uses the /tmp directory for uploaded files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via an
unspecified symlink attack. (CVE-2013-0248)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vm69-474v-7q2w

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 419405

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0248

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0248

BID: 58326

cwe: CWE-276