Nessus is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.
An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
Nessus 8.4.0 and prior versions are vulnerable.
Information
Tenable Nessus 8.3.2
Tenable Nessus 8.3.1
Tenable Nessus 8.3
Tenable Nessus 8.2.3
Tenable Nessus 8.2.2
Tenable Nessus 8.2.1
Tenable Nessus 8.1.1
Tenable Nessus 8.1
Tenable Nessus 8.0
Tenable Nessus 7.2.2
Tenable Nessus 7.2.1
Tenable Nessus 7.2
Tenable Nessus 7.1.3
Tenable Nessus 7.1.2
Tenable Nessus 7.1.1
Tenable Nessus 7.1
Tenable Nessus 6.12
Tenable Nessus 6.9.3
Tenable Nessus 6.9
Tenable Nessus 6.8
Tenable Nessus 6.7
Tenable Nessus 6.6.2
Tenable Nessus 6.6.1
Tenable Nessus 6.6
Tenable Nessus 6.5.6
Tenable Nessus 6.5.5
Tenable Nessus 6.5.4
Tenable Nessus 6.5.3
Tenable Nessus 6.5.2
Tenable Nessus 6.5.1
Tenable Nessus 6.5
Tenable Nessus 6.4.3
Tenable Nessus 6.4.2
Tenable Nessus 6.4.1
Tenable Nessus 6.4
Tenable Nessus 6.3.7
Tenable Nessus 6.3.6
Tenable Nessus 6.3.5
Tenable Nessus 6.3.4
Tenable Nessus 6.3.3
Tenable Nessus 6.3.2
Tenable Nessus 6.3.1
Tenable Nessus 6.3
Tenable Nessus 6.2.1
Tenable Nessus 6.2
Tenable Nessus 6.1.2
Tenable Nessus 6.1.1
Tenable Nessus 6.1
Tenable Nessus 6.0.2
Tenable Nessus 6.0.1
Tenable Nessus 6.0
Tenable Nessus 5.2.7
Tenable Nessus 5.2.6
Tenable Nessus 5.2.5
Tenable Nessus 5.2.4
Tenable Nessus 5.2.3
Tenable Nessus 5.0.2 23205
Tenable Nessus 1.0.1
Tenable Nessus 7.0
Tenable Nessus 6.9.2
Tenable Nessus 6.9.1
Tenable Nessus 5.2.2
Tenable Nessus 5.2.1
Tenable Nessus 5.2.0
Tenable Nessus 4.4.1
Tenable Nessus 3.0.3
Exploit
Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.
References:
- Nessus Home Page (Tenable Network Security)
- [R1] Nessus 8.5.0 Fixes One Vulnerability (Tenable)