CVE-2020-5765

MEDIUM

Nessus < 8.10.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Scan Configuration

Title source: llm

Description

Nessus 8.10.0 and earlier were found to contain a Stored XSS vulnerability due to improper validation of input during scan configuration. An authenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in a user's session. Tenable has implemented additional input validation mechanisms to correct this issue in Nessus 8.11.0.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-05

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4

EPSS 0.0038

EPSS Percentile 59.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/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 < 8.10.0

Published Jul 15, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026