PT-2019-16778 · Tenable · Nessus

Published 2019-02-11 · Updated 2019-02-12 · CVE-2019-3923

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 Nessus versions 8.2.1 and earlier

Description The issue is due to improper validation of user-supplied input, leading to a stored XSS vulnerability. An authenticated, remote attacker could exploit this via a specially crafted request to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session.

Recommendations For Nessus versions 8.2.1 and earlier, update to Nessus 8.2.2 to address this issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-3923

Affected Products

Nessus

References · 3

• https://tenable.com/security/tns-2019-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3923 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-3923 · Vendor Advisory