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CVE-2016-9259

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.

Published

2017-02-28T18:59:00.250

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.4 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

6.8

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-79
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application tenable nessus 6.8 Yes
Application tenable nessus 6.8.1 Yes
Application tenable nessus 6.8.2 Yes
Application tenable nessus 6.9 Yes
References