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SCA: security update for webpack-dev-server (GHSA-cf66-xwfp-gvc4)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423079

Description

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

 - An issue was discovered in lib/Server.js in webpack-dev-server before 3.1.6. Attackers are able to steal
 developer's code because the origin of requests is not checked by the WebSocket server, which is used for
 HMR (Hot Module Replacement). Anyone can receive the HMR message sent by the WebSocket server via a
 ws://127.0.0.1:8080/ connection from any origin. (CVE-2018-14732)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cf66-xwfp-gvc4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423079

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14732

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/4/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14732

cwe: CWE-20