CVE-2018-1147

CVSS V2 Low 3.5 CVSS V3 Medium 5.4
Description
In Nessus before 7.1.0, a XSS vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote authenticated attacker could create and upload a .nessus file, which may be viewed by an administrator allowing for the execution of arbitrary script code in a user's browser session. In other scenarios, XSS could also occur by altering variables from the Advanced Settings.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-1147
  • Assigner
  • vulnreport@tenable.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-05-18T22:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-06-19T15:32:03
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 7.1.0
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-2018-05 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040918 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1147
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1147
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:42:26 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 06:26:06 2018-05-18T22:29Z 2018-05-18T22:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 06:26:06 2018-06-19T15:32:03 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 06:26:06 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated