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Tenable Nessus < 6.5.5 Host Details Scan Results XSS

low Nessus Plugin ID 88904

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Synopsis

The remote Nessus installation is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

According to its version, the Tenable Nessus application running on the remote host is prior to 6.5.5. It is, therefore, affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Host Details section due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via importing a malicious file or by scanning a malicious host that returns JavaScript instead of a hostname, to introduce and store JavaScript in the scan results, which can be later executed in the context of the user viewing the results.

Solution

Upgrade to Tenable Nessus version 6.5.5 or later.

See Also

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 88904

File Name: nessus_tns_2016_02.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Published: 2/23/2016

Updated: 6/12/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-82000

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:tenable:nessus

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Tenable Nessus

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 1/28/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-82000