Medium severity · published Jan 31, 2017
CVE-2016-9260
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to handling of…
5.4
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to handling of .nessus files.
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)1.3% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Nessus · Tenable
through 6.8.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9260
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9260
Third Party Advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN12796388/index.html
Third Party Advisory
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2017/JVNDB-2017-000013.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95772
Vendor Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16
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