CVE-2016-9260

CVSS V2 Low 3.5 CVSS V3 Medium 5.4
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to handling of .nessus files.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-9260
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-01-31T22:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-02-03T16:12:38
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 6.8.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 3.5
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 6.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.4
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.3
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95772 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2017/JVNDB-2017-000013.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN12796388/index.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9260
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9260
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:49:38 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:28:24 2017-01-31T22:59Z 2017-01-31T22:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:28:24 2017-02-03T16:12:38 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:28:24 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated