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SCA: security update for org.apache.nifi:nifi (GHSA-4qq9-rrq6-48ff)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423233

Description

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

 - The message-page.jsp error page used the value of the HTTP request header X-ProxyContextPath without
 sanitization, resulting in a reflected XSS attack. Mitigation: The fix to correctly parse and sanitize the
 request attribute value was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.8.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release
 should upgrade to the appropriate release. (CVE-2018-17193)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4qq9-rrq6-48ff

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423233

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: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17193

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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: 12/20/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17193

BID: 106263

cwe: CWE-79