CVE-2020-5765 Information

Description

Nessus 8.10.0 and earlier were found to contain a Stored XSS vulnerability due to improper validation of input during scan configuration. An authenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in a user’s session. Tenable has implemented additional input validation mechanisms to correct this issue in Nessus 8.11.0.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Reference

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-05

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.4