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SCA: security update for embedza (GHSA-mq7g-6rv4-pj95)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423087

Description

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

 - embedza is a module to create HTML snippets/embeds from URLs using info from oEmbed, Open Graph, meta
 tags. embedza versions below 1.2.4 download JavaScript resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to
 MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested
 JavaScript file with an attacker controlled JavaScript file if the attacker is on the network or
 positioned in between the user and the remote server. (CVE-2016-10569)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mq7g-6rv4-pj95

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423087

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10569

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 2/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10569

cwe: CWE-311