SB2018051603 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Tenable Nessus
Published: May 16, 2018
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1147)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The weakness exists in '.nessus' files due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
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.
2) Session fixation attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1148)
CWE-ID: CWE-384 - Session Fixation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform session fixation attacks on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient session management. A remote attacker can maintain system access after a password change due to session fixation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.