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)

EPSS: 0.009 (54.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Tenable Nessus
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

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.