In Tenable Nessus versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could overwrite arbitrary local system files with log content at SYSTEM privilege.
CVSS Score
8.4
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2025-07-02
A stored XSS vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Nessus application could alter Nessus proxy settings, which could lead to the execution of remote arbitrary scripts.
CVSS Score
4.8
EPSS Score
0.006
Published
2024-02-07
A SQL injection vulnerability exists where an authenticated, low-privileged remote attacker could potentially alter scan DB content.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.008
Published
2024-02-07
An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Nessus application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, which could lead to a denial of service condition.
CVSS Score
6.8
EPSS Score
0.01
Published
2023-11-20
An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated attacker with privileges on the managing application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, which could lead to a denial of service condition.
CVSS Score
6.8
EPSS Score
0.008
Published
2023-11-20
Under certain conditions, a low privileged attacker could load a specially crafted file during installation or upgrade to escalate privileges on Windows and Linux hosts.
CVSS Score
6.7
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2023-11-01
An improper authorization vulnerability exists where an authenticated,
low privileged remote attacker could view a list of all the users
available in the application.
CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2023-08-29
A pass-back vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could uncover stored SMTP credentials within the Nessus application.This issue affects Nessus: before 10.6.0.
CVSS Score
4.1
EPSS Score
0.005
Published
2023-08-29
An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could alter logging variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host with log data, which could lead to a denial of service condition.
CVSS Score
6.8
EPSS Score
0.006
Published
2023-08-29
Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center.This issue affects Tenable.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Nessus: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Security Center: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 .
This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions on a scan target to place a binary in a specific filesystem location, and abuse the impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges.
CVSS Score
6.3
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2023-06-26
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