Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9.1 allows remote…
Priority LOW 26CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00874 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.8 | Vulnerable | Tenable |
| cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.8.1 | Vulnerable | Tenable |
| cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.8.2 | Vulnerable | Tenable |
| cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.9 | Vulnerable | Tenable |
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.8 Vulnerable ·Tenable
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.8.1 Vulnerable ·Tenable
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.8.2 Vulnerable ·Tenable
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.9 Vulnerable ·Tenable
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-9259
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r88x-v2h2-gjhm
References
More Tenable Nessus vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-00687 Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-20962 In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, a left shift by 29 (or more) places in the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-21076 In doProlog in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, an integer overflow exists for m_groupSize. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2021-02413 NULL pointer deref in signature_algorithms processing CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2021-02414 CA certificate check bypass with X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
- TI-2022-07855 Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer, for… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-9259 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-9259 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r88x-v2h2-gjhm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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