SCA: security update for org.bedework:bw-webdav (GHSA-5p52-j8pw-j7x5)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422338

Description

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

- Apereo Bedework bw-webdav before 4.0.3 allows XXE attacks, as demonstrated by an invite-reply document
that reads a local file, related to webdav/servlet/common/MethodBase.java and
webdav/servlet/common/PostRequestPars.java. (CVE-2018-20000)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5p52-j8pw-j7x5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422338

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20000

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20000

cwe: CWE-611