Insufficient Session Expiration in Tenable Nessus - CVE-2020-5774
Published: August 21, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45888
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5774
CWE-ID: CWE-613
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Tenable Network Security
Affected software:
Tenable Nessus
Tenable Nessus
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient session expiration issue. A remote non-authenticated attacker can obtain or guess session token and gain unauthorized access to session that belongs to another user.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-5774
Install updates from vendor's website.