CVE-2019-3962

low-risk
Published 2019-07-01

Content Injection vulnerability in Tenable Nessus prior to 8.5.0 may allow an authenticated, local attacker to exploit this vulnerability by convincing another targeted Nessus user to view a malicious URL and use Nessus to send fraudulent messages. Successful exploitation could allow the authenticated adversary to inject arbitrary text into the feed status, which will remain saved post session expiration.

Do I need to act?

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0.23% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 3.3/10 Low
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Tenable

References (4)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109025
Vendor Advisory https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-04
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109025
Vendor Advisory https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-04
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low-risk
Severity 13/34 · Low
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal