What is CVE-2022-4313?

CVE-2022-4313 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-03-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-4313?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Tenable Nessus

CVE-2022-4313

A vulnerability was reported where through modifying the scan variables, an authenticated user in Tenable products, that has Scan Policy Configuration roles, could manipulate audit policy variables to execute arbitrary commands on credentialed scan targets.

Published 2023-03-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 67.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Tenable Nessus
Tenable Plugin Feed
Tenable.io, Tenable.sc And Nessus — versions Plugin Feed Version 202212081951 and earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-14 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4313?: CVE-2022-4313 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-03-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-4313?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.