Nessus Stored XSS via Proxy Settings: Remote Script Exec (CVE-2024-0955)
CVE-2024-0955 Published on February 7, 2024
Stored XSS vulnerability
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-0955 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction and user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-0955
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Affected Versions
Tenable Nessus:- Before 10.7.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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