Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Horde Css Parser vulnerability (USN-7502-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 235491

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7502-1 advisory.

It was discovered that Horde Css Parser did not correctly handle parsing uncontrolled CSS data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform remote code execution. (CVE-2020-13756)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected php-horde-css-parser package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 235491

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7502-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 5/7/2025

Updated: 5/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13756

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php-horde-css-parser

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13756

USN: 7502-1

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