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SCA: security update for com.opensymphony:xwork (GHSA-wxw2-2mx5-c5qf)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420196

Description

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

 - ParametersInterceptor in OpenSymphony XWork 2.0.x before 2.0.6 and 2.1.x before 2.1.2, as used in Apache
 Struts and other products, does not properly restrict # (pound sign) references to context objects, which
 allows remote attackers to execute Object-Graph Navigation Language (OGNL) statements and modify server-
 side context objects, as demonstrated by use of a \u0023 representation for the # character.
 (CVE-2008-6504)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wxw2-2mx5-c5qf

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 420196

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

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: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-6504

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-6504

BID: 32101

cwe: CWE-20