CVE-2018-1147: In Nessus before 7.1.0, a XSS vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote authenticated attacker could create and upload a .nessus file…

PriorityP426medium5.4CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRLUIRSCCLILAN

EPSS

1.15%

62.8th percentile

In Nessus before 7.1.0, a XSS vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote authenticated attacker could create and upload a .nessus file, which may be viewed by an administrator allowing for the execution of arbitrary script code in a user's browser session. In other scenarios, XSS could also occur by altering variables from the Advanced Settings.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
tenable	nessus	< 7.1.0	7.1.0
tenable	tenable_nessus	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.05.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvdv2.03.5LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

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