What is CVE-2022-33757?

CVE-2022-33757 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-10-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-33757?

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

Vulnerability in Tenable Nessus

CVE-2022-33757

An authenticated attacker could read Nessus Debug Log file attachments from the web UI without having the correct privileges to do so. This may lead to the disclosure of information on the scan target and/or the Nessus scan to unauthorized parties able to reach the Nessus instance.

Published 2022-10-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Tenable Nessus
Tenable, Inc. Tenable Nessus — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-11 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-33757?: CVE-2022-33757 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-33757?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.