Medium severity · published Mar 28, 2018
CVE-2018-1142
Tenable Appliance versions 4.6.1 and earlier have been found to contain a single XSS vulnerability
5.4
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Tenable Appliance versions 4.6.1 and earlier have been found to contain a single XSS vulnerability. Utilizing a specially crafted request, an authenticated attacker could potentially execute arbitrary JavaScript code by manipulating certain URL parameters related to offline plugins.
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)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AP
Appliance · Tenable
through 4.6.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1142
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1142
Patch
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-02
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