CVE-2019-3962

Low

Description

Content Injection vulnerability in Tenable Nessus prior to 8.5.0 may allow an authenticated, local attacker to exploit this vulnerability by convincing another targeted Nessus user to view a malicious URL and use Nessus to send fraudulent messages. Successful exploitation could allow the authenticated adversary to inject arbitrary text into the feed status, which will remain saved post session expiration.

SeverityLow
CVSS3.3
Exploit probability—
ProductTenable Nessus
PublishedJul 1, 2019
First seenJul 1, 2019

How to fix

Update
  • tenable nessus8.5.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
tenable nessusv < 8.5.08.5.0

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