CVE-2019-3961 — Cross-site Scripting in Nessus

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting3 documents3 sources
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 44.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Tenable NessusTenable Nessus
Timeline
PublishedJun 25
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Nessus versions 8.4.0 and earlier were found to contain a reflected XSS vulnerability due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability via a specially crafted request to execute arbitrary script code in a users browser session.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDtenable/nessus8.4.0
▶CVEListV5tenable/tenable_nessusAll versions prior to 8.5.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-mxrw-r98j-9r73: Nessus versions 8↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-3961: Nessus versions 8↗2019-06-25
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