What is CVE-2019-3961?

CVE-2019-3961 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-3961?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Tenable Nessus

CVE-2019-3961

Nessus versions 8.4.0 and earlier were found to contain a reflected XSS vulnerability due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability via a specially crafted request to execute arbitrary script code in a users browser session.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.015 (71.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Tenable Nessus
Tenable Nessus — versions All versions prior to 8.5.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-3961?: CVE-2019-3961 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-3961?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.