CVE-2018-1147

Description

In Nessus before 7.1.0, a XSS vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote authenticated attacker could create and upload a .nessus file, which may be viewed by an administrator allowing for the execution of arbitrary script code in a users browser session. In other scenarios, XSS could also occur by altering variables from the Advanced Settings.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.4
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.363

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-1147,CVE-2018-1148 are affected in Nessus Agent (x64) 7.0.3Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-1147,CVE-2018-1148 are affected in Nessus Agent 7.0.3Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-1147,CVE-2018-1148 are fixed in Nessus 7.1.0Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-1147,CVE-2018-1148 are fixed in Tenable Nessus 7.1.0Windows

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-343100Nessus Agent (x64) (10.8.0)
PATCH-343099Nessus Agent (10.8.0)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234