CVE-2016-9259

MEDIUM

Nessus < 6.9.1 - Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-17
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037293

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 38.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (4)
tenable/nessus 6.8
tenable/nessus 6.8.1
tenable/nessus 6.8.2
tenable/nessus 6.9
Published Feb 28, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026