CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-1147

5.4 MEDIUM Published 2018-05-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-05-18
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.5 LOW — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-79

Description

In Nessus before 7.1.0, a XSS vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote authenticated attacker could create and upload a .nessus file, which may be viewed by an administrator allowing for the execution of arbitrary script code in a user's browser session. In other scenarios, XSS could also occur by altering variables from the Advanced Settings.

Affected configurations

• tenable nessus (< 7.1.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References