SB2016072210 - Cross-site scripting in Tenable Nessus in Tenable Nessus
Published: July 22, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016072210
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting in Tenable Nessus (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1000028)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.The vulnerability exists due to improper filtering of HTML code from user-supplied input. A remote authenticated user can cause arbitrary scripting code execution by the target authenticated user's browser. The code will originate from the site running the Tenable Nessus software. As a result, the code will be able to access the target user's cookies, associated with the site, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.