What is CVE-2020-5765?

CVE-2020-5765 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-07-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-5765?

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

XSS in Tenable Nessus

CVE-2020-5765

Nessus 8.10.0 and earlier were found to contain a Stored XSS vulnerability due to improper validation of input during scan configuration. An authenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in a user's session. Tenable has implemented additional input validation mechanisms to correct this issue in Nessus 8.11.0.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Tenable Nessus
N/a Tenable Nessus — versions < 8.11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

vulnreport@tenable.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5765?: CVE-2020-5765 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-07-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-5765?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.