What is CVE-2018-1148?

CVE-2018-1148 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-1148?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Tenable Nessus

CVE-2018-1148

In Nessus before 7.1.0, Session Fixation exists due to insufficient session management within the application. An authenticated attacker could maintain system access due to session fixation after a user password change.

EPSS: 0.008 (51.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Tenable Nessus
Tenable Nessus — versions All versions prior to 7.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-384 — Session Fixation

References

vulnreport@tenable.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
vulnreport@tenable.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1148?: CVE-2018-1148 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-1148?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.