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SCA: security update for actiontext (GHSA-wwhv-wxv9-rpgw)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420157

Description

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

 - Action Text brings rich text content and editing to Rails. Starting in version 6.0.0 and prior to versions
 6.1.7.9, 7.0.8.5, 7.1.4.1, and 7.2.1.1, there is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in the
 `plain_text_for_blockquote_node helper` in Action Text. Carefully crafted text can cause the
 `plain_text_for_blockquote_node` helper to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting in a DoS
 vulnerability. All users running an affected release should either upgrade to versions 6.1.7.9, 7.0.8.5,
 7.1.4.1, or 7.2.1.1 or apply the relevant patch immediately. As a workaround, users can avoid calling
 `plain_text_for_blockquote_node` or upgrade to Ruby 3.2. Ruby 3.2 has mitigations for this problem, so
 Rails applications using Ruby 3.2 or newer are unaffected. Rails 8.0.0.beta1 depends on Ruby 3.2 or
 greater so is unaffected. (CVE-2024-47888)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wwhv-wxv9-rpgw

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420157

Version: Revision 1.15

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/6/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.92

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47888

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-47888

IAVB: 2024-B-0157

cwe: CWE-1333