What is CVE-2016-9259?

CVE-2016-9259 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-02-28.

How severe is CVE-2016-9259?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-9259 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Tenable Nessus

CVE-2016-9259

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (38.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Tenable Nessus — versions 6.8, 6.8.1, 6.8.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

s3curityb3ast/s3curityb3ast.github.io

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9259?: CVE-2016-9259 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-02-28.
How severe is CVE-2016-9259?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-9259 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.