CVE-2016-1000029 — Cross-site Scripting in Nessus

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting3 documents3 sources
Severity
4.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 42.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Tenable Nessus
Timeline
PublishedDec 27
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Tenable Nessus before 6.8 has a stored XSS issue that requires admin-level authentication to the Nessus UI, and would potentially impact other admins (Tenable IDs 5218 and 5269).

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 1.7 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDtenable/nessus< 6.8.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-85cw-wr7p-xc38: Tenable Nessus before 6↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2016-1000029: Tenable Nessus before 6↗2019-12-27
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