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SCA: security update for getformwork/formwork (GHSA-7j46-f57w-76pj)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 436160

Description

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

 - Formwork is a flat file-based Content Management System (CMS). Prior to version 2.2.0, inserting
 unsanitized data into the blog tag field results in stored cross‑site scripting (XSS). Any user with
 credentials to the Formwork CMS who accesses or edits an affected blog post will have attacker‑controlled
 script executed in their browser. The issue is persistent and impacts privileged administrative workflows.
 This issue has been patched in version 2.2.0. (CVE-2025-65956)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7j46-f57w-76pj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436160

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 11/25/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.41

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-65956

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-65956

cwe: CWE-79