High severity · published Oct 26, 2023
CVE-2023-5624
Under certain conditions, Nessus Network Monitor was found to not properly enforce input validation
7.2
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Under certain conditions, Nessus Network Monitor was found to not properly enforce input validation. This could allow an admin user to alter parameters that could potentially allow a blindSQL injection.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NN
Nessus Network Monitor · Tenable
before 6.3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5624
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5624
Patch
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-34
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