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SCA: security update for ezyang/htmlpurifier (GHSA-jw86-5cjf-mv79)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 446551

Description

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

 - HTML Purifier 4.2.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php
 file, which reveals the installation path in an error message, as demonstrated by
 tests/PHPT/Reporter/SimpleTest.php and certain other files. (CVE-2011-3744)

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jw86-5cjf-mv79

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 446551

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/31/2026

Updated: 8/31/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

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:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3744

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 5.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3744

cwe: CWE-200