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CVE-2018-1147

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CVE-2018-1147

Published: May 18, 2018

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

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 user's browser session. In other scenarios, XSS could also occur by altering variables from the Advanced Settings.

VendorProductVersions

Tenable

Tenable Nessus

affected
All versions prior to 7.1.0

References

1040918
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK

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