What is CVE-2016-1000028?

CVE-2016-1000028 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2016-1000028?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Tenable Nessus

CVE-2016-1000028

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).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-12-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (56.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Tenable Nessus

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-11 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92134 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036414 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1000028?: CVE-2016-1000028 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2016-1000028?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.