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Nessus Windows < 3.0.6 GUI Unspecified XSS
medium Nessus Plugin ID 25612
Synopsis
An application running on the remote host is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.Description
According to its self-reported version number, the Tenable Nessus application running on the remote host is affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to a failure to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it to generate dynamic content. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to inject arbitrary HTML or script code into a user's browser to be executed within the security context of the affected host.Solution
Upgrade to Nessus for Windows version 3.0.6 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 25612
File Name: nessus_windows_gui_xss.nasl
Version: 1.23
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 6/29/2007
Updated: 7/16/2018
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 1.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.7
Temporal Score: 4.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:nessus:nessus
Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-3546
BID: 24677