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SCA: security update for slim-select (GHSA-qvqv-mcxr-x8qw)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421322

Description

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

 - Slim Select 2.0 versions through 2.9.0 are affected by a potential cross-site scripting vulnerability. In
 select.ts:createOption(), the text variable from the user-provided Options object is assigned to an
 innerHTML without sanitation. Software that depends on this library to dynamically generate lists using
 unsanitized user-provided input may be vulnerable to cross-site scripting, resulting in attacker executed
 JavaScript. At this time, no patch is available. (CVE-2024-9440)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qvqv-mcxr-x8qw

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421322

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.14

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9440

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 2.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9440

cwe: CWE-79