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. Tenable has implemented additional input validation mechanisms to correct this issue in Nessus 8.11.0.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-26924 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. Tenable has implemented additional input validation mechanisms to correct this issue in Nessus 8.11.0.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T08:39:25.924Z

Reserved: 2020-01-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-5765

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-07-15T13:15:10.350

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:34:33.807

Link: CVE-2020-5765

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