3.5 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
5.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
28.8%
According to its self-reported version, the Tenable Nessus application running on the remote host is prior to 8.11.0.
Nessus 8.10.0 and earlier were found to contain a stored XSS vulnerability due to improper validation of input during scan configuration. An authenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in a user’s session.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(138562);
script_version("1.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/02/08");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-5765");
script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2020-B-0040-S");
script_name(english:"Tenable Nessus < 8.11.0 Stored XSS (TNS-2020-05)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"Tenable Nessus running on the remote host is affected by a stored XSS vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version, the Tenable Nessus application running on the remote host is prior to 8.11.0.
Nessus 8.10.0 and earlier were found to contain a stored XSS vulnerability due to improper validation of input
during scan configuration. An authenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to
execute arbitrary code in a user's session.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Tenable Nessus version 8.11.0 or later.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"all");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-5765");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/07/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/07/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/07/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:tenable:nessus");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Misc.");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("nessus_detect.nasl", "nessus_installed_win.nbin", "nessus_installed_linux.nbin", "macos_nessus_installed.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/Tenable Nessus");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf_extras.inc');
var app_info, constraints;
app_info = vcf::combined_get_app_info(app:'Tenable Nessus');
vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:3);
constraints = [
{ 'fixed_version' : '8.11.0' }
];
vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_NOTE);
3.5 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
5.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
28.8%