CVE-2016-9260

MEDIUM

Tenable Nessus <6.9 - XSS

Title source: llm

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to handling of .nessus files.

References (4)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN12796388/index.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2017/JVNDB-2017-000013.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95772

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4

EPSS 0.0025

EPSS Percentile 47.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (2)

tenable/nessus < 6.8.1

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Jan 31, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026