Tenable Nessus up to 6.7.0 Stored cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Tenable Nessus. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting (Stored). This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-1000029. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Tenable Nessus (Security Testing Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Stored). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 07/19/2016 as TNS-2016-11 / 138680 / 5218 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tenable.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-1000029 since 07/19/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92465 (Tenable Nessus 6.x < 6.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 6.8 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at support.tenable.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (92465) and SecurityFocus (BID 90729†). Similar entries are available at VDB-87628, VDB-89749, VDB-90193 and VDB-90194. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Security Testing Software

Vendor

• Tenable

Name

• Nessus

Version

• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.3.0
• 6.3.1
• 6.3.2
• 6.3.3
• 6.3.4
• 6.3.5
• 6.3.6
• 6.3.7
• 6.4.0
• 6.4.1
• 6.4.2
• 6.4.3
• 6.5.0
• 6.5.1
• 6.5.2
• 6.5.3
• 6.5.4
• 6.5.5
• 6.5.6
• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.7.0

License

• open-source

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