Medium severity · published Feb 28, 2017
CVE-2016-9259
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors
5.4
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Nessus · Tenable
6.8; 6.8.1; 6.8.2; 6.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9259
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9259
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037293
Patch
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-17
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