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CVE-2017-5179

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published

2017-01-05T22:59:00.267

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

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	≤ 6.9.2	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95307 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037558 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-01 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95307 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037558 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-01 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)