A SQL injection vulnerability in Nessus allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker who controls reverse DNS records for a scanned host to inject malicious SQL into the scan results database, potentially enabling exfiltration of scan-result data.
CVSS Score
2.9
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2026-06-25
A SQL injection vulnerability in Nessus allows an attacker to craft a malicious scan result file that, when imported by a privileged user, injects malicious SQL into the scan results database, potentially enabling exfiltration of scan-result data.
CVSS Score
1.8
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2026-06-25
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
Insufficiently Protected Credentials: An authenticated user with debug privileges can retrieve stored Nessus policy credentials from the “nessusd” process in cleartext via process dumping. The affected products are all versions of Nessus Essentials and Professional. The vulnerability allows an attacker to access credentials stored in Nessus scanners, potentially compromising its customers’ network of assets.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.006
Published
2022-10-17