PT-2019-16810 · Tenable · Nessus

Evan Grant · Published 2019-06-25 · Updated 2019-06-26 · CVE-2019-3961

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nessus versions 8.4.0 and earlier

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

Recommendations For Nessus versions 8.4.0 and earlier, update to a version later than 8.4.0 to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-3961

Affected Products

Nessus

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3961 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-3961 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/defcon_news/17406 · Telegram Post
• https://tenable.com/security/tns-2019-04 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/108892 · Note