SCA: security update for org.apache.syncope:syncope-core (GHSA-xgc9-9w4v-h33h)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422635

Description

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

- An administrator with report and template entitlements in Apache Syncope 1.2.x before 1.2.11, 2.0.x before
2.0.8, and unsupported releases 1.0.x and 1.1.x which may be also affected, can use XSL Transformations
(XSLT) to perform malicious operations, including but not limited to file read, file write, and code
execution. (CVE-2018-1321)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xgc9-9w4v-h33h

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422635

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.84

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1321

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1321

BID: 103508

cwe: CWE-20