TI-2017-03295 Aliases CVE-2017-5179 GHSA-pj96-554f-39g5

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9.3 allows remote…

LOW 27CWE-79Published 2017-01-05 · Updated 2024-08-05

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 6.9.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01247 69th 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 · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus::::::::	up to 6.9.2	Vulnerable	Tenable

cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6.9.2 Vulnerable ·Tenable

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-5179
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pj96-554f-39g5

References

Advisory 1

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-01

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Sources

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