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CVE-2016-9260

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or H…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.4
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.3%
percentile 70%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.25% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.4CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD2.03.5AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

  • jvn.jp /en/jp/JVN12796388/index.html · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_JVN, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/95772 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • tenable.com /security/tns-2016-16 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • jvndb.jvn.jp /en/contents/2017/JVNDB-2017-000013.html · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_JVNDB, x_transferred

Sources

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