CVE-2016-9260

MEDIUM

Nessus < 6.8.1 - Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting via .nessus File Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory x_refsource_jvn
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN12796388/index.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95772
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory x_refsource_jvndb
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2017/JVNDB-2017-000013.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 48.0%
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 (1)
tenable/nessus < 6.8.1
Published Jan 31, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026