CVE-2016-9260 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Tenable	Nessus

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN12796388/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2017/JVNDB-2017-000013.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95772
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-31T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:42:11.237Z

Reserved: 2016-11-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9260

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-31T22:59:00.970

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:00:51.913

Link: CVE-2016-9260

Redhat

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