CVE-2016-1000028 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Tenable Nessus before 6.8 has a stored XSS issue that requires admin-level authentication to the Nessus UI, and would only potentially impact other admins. (Tenable ID 5198).

Published: 2019-12-27

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-1035	Tenable Nessus before 6.8 has a stored XSS issue that requires admin-level authentication to the Nessus UI, and would only potentially impact other admins. (Tenable ID 5198).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00858.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92134
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036414
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-11

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Tenable Nessus

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-12-27T14:19:43.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:47:34.987Z

Reserved: 2016-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-1000028

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-12-27T15:15:11.440

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:38:40.100

Link: CVE-2016-1000028

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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