CVE-2016-9259

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en Tenable Nessus en versiones anteriores a 6.9.1 permite a usuarios remotos autenticados inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML arbitrarios a través de vectores no especificados.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-11-10 CVE Reserved
2017-02-28 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037293	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-17	2017-03-01

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Tenable Search vendor "Tenable"		Nessus Search vendor "Tenable" for product "Nessus"				6.8 Search vendor "Tenable" for product "Nessus" and version "6.8"		-		Affected
Tenable Search vendor "Tenable"		Nessus Search vendor "Tenable" for product "Nessus"				6.8.1 Search vendor "Tenable" for product "Nessus" and version "6.8.1"		-		Affected
Tenable Search vendor "Tenable"		Nessus Search vendor "Tenable" for product "Nessus"				6.8.2 Search vendor "Tenable" for product "Nessus" and version "6.8.2"		-		Affected
Tenable Search vendor "Tenable"		Nessus Search vendor "Tenable" for product "Nessus"				6.9 Search vendor "Tenable" for product "Nessus" and version "6.9"		-		Affected