Nessus versions 8.2.1 and earlier were found to contain a stored XSS vulnerability due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An authenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability via a specially crafted request to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session. Tenable has released Nessus 8.2.2 to address this issue.
Source: MITRE
Published: 2019-02-12
Updated: 2019-02-12
Type: CWE-79
Base Score: 3.5
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 6.8
Severity: LOW
Base Score: 5.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Impact Score: 2.7
Exploitability Score: 2.3
Severity: MEDIUM