Vuln: Nessus CVE-2019-3961 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Nessus is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Nessus 8.4.0 and prior versions are vulnerable.

exploit

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

solution

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

info

Bugtraq ID:	108892
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2019-3961
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 25 2019 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 25 2019 12:00AM
Credit:	Evan Grant.
Vulnerable:	Tenable Nessus 8.4 Tenable Nessus 8.3.2 Tenable Nessus 8.3.1 Tenable Nessus 8.3 Tenable Nessus 8.2.3 Tenable Nessus 8.2.2 Tenable Nessus 8.2.1 Tenable Nessus 8.1.1 Tenable Nessus 8.1 Tenable Nessus 8.0 Tenable Nessus 7.2.2 Tenable Nessus 7.2.1 Tenable Nessus 7.2 Tenable Nessus 7.1.3 Tenable Nessus 7.1.2 Tenable Nessus 7.1.1 Tenable Nessus 7.1 Tenable Nessus 6.12 Tenable Nessus 6.9.3 Tenable Nessus 6.9 Tenable Nessus 6.8 Tenable Nessus 6.7 Tenable Nessus 6.6.2 Tenable Nessus 6.6.1 Tenable Nessus 6.6 Tenable Nessus 6.5.6 Tenable Nessus 6.5.5 Tenable Nessus 6.5.4 Tenable Nessus 6.5.3 Tenable Nessus 6.5.2 Tenable Nessus 6.5.1 Tenable Nessus 6.5 Tenable Nessus 6.4.3 Tenable Nessus 6.4.2 Tenable Nessus 6.4.1 Tenable Nessus 6.4 Tenable Nessus 6.3.7 Tenable Nessus 6.3.6 Tenable Nessus 6.3.5 Tenable Nessus 6.3.4 Tenable Nessus 6.3.3 Tenable Nessus 6.3.2 Tenable Nessus 6.3.1 Tenable Nessus 6.3 Tenable Nessus 6.2.1 Tenable Nessus 6.2 Tenable Nessus 6.1.2 Tenable Nessus 6.1.1 Tenable Nessus 6.1 Tenable Nessus 6.0.2 Tenable Nessus 6.0.1 Tenable Nessus 6.0 Tenable Nessus 5.2.7 Tenable Nessus 5.2.6 Tenable Nessus 5.2.5 Tenable Nessus 5.2.4 Tenable Nessus 5.2.3 Tenable Nessus 5.0.2 23205 Tenable Nessus 1.0.1 Tenable Nessus 7.0 Tenable Nessus 6.9.2 Tenable Nessus 6.9.1 Tenable Nessus 5.2.2 Tenable Nessus 5.2.1 Tenable Nessus 5.2.0 Tenable Nessus 4.4.1 Tenable Nessus 3.0.3
Not Vulnerable:	Tenable Nessus 8.5

references

References:

• Nessus Home Page (Tenable Network Security)
  
• [R1] Nessus 8.5.0 Fixes One Vulnerability (Tenable)
  

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