PT-2017-10028 · Tenable · Tenable Nessus+1

Published 2017-02-28 · Updated 2017-03-01 · CVE-2016-9259

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Tenable Nessus versions prior to 6.9.1

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.9.1, update to version 6.9.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-9259

Affected Products

Nessus

Tenable Nessus

References · 4

• https://tenable.com/security/tns-2016-17 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9259 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9259 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037293 · Note