What is CVE-2023-24494?

CVE-2023-24494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.sc, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-01-26.

How severe is CVE-2023-24494?

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

XSS in Tenable Tenable.sc

CVE-2023-24494

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Tenable.sc due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by convincing a user to click a specially crafted URL, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.9th 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 Tenable.sc
N/a Tenable.sc — versions Tenable.sc versions 5.23.1 and earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

vulnreport@tenable.com (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-24494?: CVE-2023-24494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.sc, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-01-26.
How severe is CVE-2023-24494?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.