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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-46734

🗓️ 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Unpatched Linux host; league commonmark Attributes extension XSS risk in 1.5.0–2.6.x; 2.7.0 blocks on attributes; disable extension.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(255893);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/05/16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-46734");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-46734");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - league/commonmark is a PHP Markdown parser. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Attributes
    extension of the league/commonmark library (versions 1.5.0 through 2.6.x) allows remote attackers to
    insert malicious JavaScript calls into HTML. The league/commonmark library provides configuration options
    such as `html_input: 'strip'` and `allow_unsafe_links: false` to mitigate cross-site scripting (XSS)
    attacks by stripping raw HTML and disallowing unsafe links. However, when the Attributes Extension is
    enabled, it introduces a way for users to inject arbitrary HTML attributes into elements via Markdown
    syntax using curly braces. Version 2.7.0 contains three changes to prevent this XSS attack vector: All
    attributes starting with `on` are considered unsafe and blocked by default; support for an explicit
    allowlist of allowed HTML attributes; and manually-added `href` and `src` attributes now respect the
    existing `allow_unsafe_links` configuration option. If upgrading is not feasible, please consider
    disabling the `AttributesExtension` for untrusted users and/or filtering the rendered HTML through a
    library like HTMLPurifier. (CVE-2025-46734)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-46734");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-46734");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-46734");

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/05/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/08/27");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php-league-commonmark");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php-league-commonmark");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025-2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched", "Host/OS/identifier");
  script_require_ports("Host/OS/Debian Linux-11", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-25.04");

  exit(0);
}

if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "php-league-commonmark"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-25.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "25.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "php-league-commonmark"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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