Tenable Nessus 6.8/6.8.1/6.8.2/6.9 Stored cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Tenable Nessus 6.8/6.8.1/6.8.2/6.9. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting (Stored). This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-9259. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tenable Nessus 6.8/6.8.1/6.8.2/6.9 (Security Testing Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Stored). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was shared 11/09/2016 by Kaustubh Padwad as 147028 / TNS-2016-17 TNS-2016-17 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tenable.com. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-9259. The attack may be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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 advisory points out:

Nessus and Tenable's managed Nessus Cloud offering were found to be impacted by an authenticated stored cross-site scripting (XSS) issue reported to us by Kaustubh Padwad.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97193 (Tenable Nessus 6.8.x and 6.9.x < 6.9.1 Stored XSS (TNS-2016-17)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS.

Upgrading to version 6.9.176 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 (97193) and SecurityTracker (ID 1037293†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Stored
Class: Cross site scripting / Stored
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 97193
Nessus Name: Tenable Nessus 6.8.x and 6.9.x < 6.9.1 Stored XSS (TNS-2016-17)
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OpenVAS ID: 800801
OpenVAS Name: Tenable Nessus < 6.9.1 Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Nessus 6.9.176

Timelineinfo

11/02/2016 🔍
11/09/2016 +7 days 🔍
11/09/2016 +0 days 🔍
11/10/2016 +0 days 🔍
11/15/2016 +5 days 🔍
11/17/2016 +2 days 🔍
02/28/2017 +103 days 🔍
10/04/2022 +2044 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 147028 / TNS-2016-17 TNS-2016-17
Researcher: Kaustubh Padwad
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-9259 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-9259
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93659
SecurityTracker: 1037293 - Tenable Nessus Input Validation Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20091204

Entryinfo

Created: 11/17/2016 19:02
Updated: 10/04/2022 08:54
Changes: 11/17/2016 19:02 (52), 04/19/2017 10:32 (20), 10/04/2022 08:48 (2), 10/04/2022 08:50 (11), 10/04/2022 08:54 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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