Cross-site scripting in Tenable Nessus - CVE-2017-5179
Published: January 6, 2017 / Updated: January 6, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU3572
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.4 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5179
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted link, trick the victim into following the link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim’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.
Affected software
Tenable Nessus
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5179
Update to version 6.9.3.