SCA: security update for automad/automad (GHSA-4j8w-p6hv-3qxc)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421505

Description

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

- A vulnerability was found in automad up to 1.10.9. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects
some unknown processing of the file /dashboard?controller=UserCollection::createUser of the component User
Creation Handler. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. The attack may be initiated
remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this
vulnerability is VDB-248687. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not
respond in any way. (CVE-2023-7038)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4j8w-p6hv-3qxc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421505

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/20/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-7038

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-7038

cwe: CWE-352