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JVNDB-2018-000052

Nessus vulnerable to cross-site scripting

Overview

Nessus provided by Tenable, Inc. contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79).

Toshitsugu Yoneyama of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.
CVSS Severity (What is CVSS?)

CVSS V3 Severity:
Base Metrics 6.1 (Medium) [IPA Score]
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Changed
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None
CVSS V2 Severity:
Base Metrics 4.3 (Medium) [IPA Score]
  • Access Vector: Network
  • Access Complexity: Medium
  • Authentication: None
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: Partial
  • Availability Impact: None
Affected Products


Tenable, Inc.
  • Nessus 7.0.3 and earlier

Impact

Arbitrary JavaScript may be executed on the user's web browser.
Solution

[Update the Software]
Update to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.
Vendor Information

Tenable, Inc.
CWE (What is CWE?)

  1. Cross-site Scripting(CWE-79) [IPA Evaluation]
CVE (What is CVE?)

  1. CVE-2018-1147
References

  1. JVN : JVN#96954395
  2. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) : CVE-2018-1147
Revision History

  • [2018/05/21]
      Web page was published
  • [2018/08/30]
      References : Contents were added

Date Public2018/05/21
Date First Published2018/05/21
Date Last Updated2018/08/30