What is CVE-2024-0955?

CVE-2024-0955 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-0955?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Tenable Nessus

CVE-2024-0955

A stored XSS vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Nessus application could alter Nessus proxy settings, which could lead to the execution of remote arbitrary scripts.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.006 (43.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Tenable Nessus — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

vulnreport@tenable.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-0955?: CVE-2024-0955 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-0955?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.