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SCA: security update for AjaxNetProfessional (GHSA-5q7q-qqw2-hjq7)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432509

Description

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

 - Ajax.NET Professional (AjaxPro) is an AJAX framework available for Microsoft ASP.NET. Affected versions of
 this package are vulnerable to JavaScript object injection which may result in cross site scripting when
 leveraged by a malicious user. The affected core relates to JavaScript object creation when parsing json
 input. Releases before version 21.12.22.1 are affected. A workaround exists that replaces one of the core
 JavaScript files embedded in the library. See the GHSA-5q7q-qqw2-hjq7 for workaround details.
 (CVE-2021-43853)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5q7q-qqw2-hjq7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 432509

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/8/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.69

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43853

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 1/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43853