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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : CiviCRM vulnerability (USN-8242-1)

🗓️ 11 May 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Ubuntu 16.04/18.04/20.04/22.04 hosts vulnerable due to CiviCRM Smarty XSS in USN-8242-1.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8242-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(314223);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/05/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-28447");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"8242-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : CiviCRM vulnerability (USN-8242-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8242-1 advisory.

    Takuya Aramaki discovered that Smarty, vendored in CiviCRM, did not properly escape JavaScript code. An
    attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct a cross-site scripting attack.

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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8242-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-28447");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/03/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/05/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/05/11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:civicrm-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:civicrm-l10n");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:drupal7-mod-civicrm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wordpress-civicrm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2026 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "ubuntu_pro_sub_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('16.04' >< os_release || '18.04' >< os_release || '20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 / 20.04 / 22.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var ubuntu_pro_detected = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/Pro/Services/esm-apps');
ubuntu_pro_detected = !empty_or_null(ubuntu_pro_detected);

var pro_caveat_needed = FALSE;

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'civicrm-common', 'pkgver': '4.7.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'civicrm-l10n', 'pkgver': '4.7.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'drupal7-mod-civicrm', 'pkgver': '4.7.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'wordpress-civicrm', 'pkgver': '4.7.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'civicrm-common', 'pkgver': '4.7.30+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'civicrm-l10n', 'pkgver': '4.7.30+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'wordpress-civicrm', 'pkgver': '4.7.30+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'civicrm-common', 'pkgver': '5.21.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'civicrm-l10n', 'pkgver': '5.21.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'wordpress-civicrm', 'pkgver': '5.21.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'civicrm-common', 'pkgver': '5.33.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'civicrm-l10n', 'pkgver': '5.33.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'wordpress-civicrm', 'pkgver': '5.33.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  var pro_required = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['ubuntu_pro'])) pro_required = package_array['ubuntu_pro'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) {
        flag++;
        if (!ubuntu_pro_detected && !pro_caveat_needed) pro_caveat_needed = pro_required;
    }
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  if (pro_caveat_needed) {
    extra += 'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to packages only \n';
    extra += 'available in Ubuntu ESM repositories. Access to these package security updates \n';
    extra += 'require an Ubuntu Pro subscription.\n\n';
  }
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'civicrm-common / civicrm-l10n / drupal7-mod-civicrm / etc');
}

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11 May 2026 00:00Current
6.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.8
CVSS 3.16.1 - 7.1
EPSS0.01025
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