CVE-2023-3251 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A pass-back vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could uncover stored SMTP credentials within the Nessus application.This issue affects Nessus: before 10.6.0.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00157.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Tenable	Nessus

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-43927	A pass-back vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could uncover stored SMTP credentials within the Nessus application.This issue affects Nessus: before 10.6.0.

Fixes

Solution

Tenable has released Nessus 10.6.0 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal ( https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus ).

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-29

History

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2023-08-29T18:38:11.935Z

Updated: 2024-09-30T15:49:08.054Z

Reserved: 2023-06-14T19:51:19.650Z

Link: CVE-2023-3251

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:48:08.181Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-29T19:15:27.023

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:16:48.053

Link: CVE-2023-3251

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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