What is CVE-2023-2005?

CVE-2023-2005 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2023-06-26.

How severe is CVE-2023-2005?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Tenable Nessus

CVE-2023-2005

Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center.This issue affects Tenable.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Nessus: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Security Center: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 . This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions on a scan target to place a binary in a specific filesystem location, and abuse the impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges.

EPSS: 0.004 (30.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

vulnreport@tenable.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2005?: CVE-2023-2005 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2023-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2023-2005?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.