TI-2019-02967 Aliases CVE-2019-3962 GHSA-6qcm-fw4g-v4h2

Cross-site scripting in Tenable Nessus

LOW 18CWE-79Published 2019-07-01 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Low · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Content Injection vulnerability in Tenable Nessus prior to 8.5.0 may allow an authenticated, local attacker to exploit this vulnerability by convincing another targeted Nessus user to view a malicious URL and use Nessus to send fraudulent messages. Successful exploitation could allow the authenticated adversary to inject arbitrary text into the feed status, which will remain saved post session expiration.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00954 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Nessus (Tenable): 8.5.0

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
Tenable	Nessus	before 8.5.0	8.5.0	Patch available	CNA

Nessus VendorTenable Affected before 8.5.0 Fixed in 8.5.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus::::::::	before 8.5.0	Vulnerable	Tenable

cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 8.5.0 Vulnerable ·Tenable

Remediation

Fix · CNA Nessus (Tenable) Fixed in 8.5.0

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-3962
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6qcm-fw4g-v4h2

References

Advisory 1

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-04

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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
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Sources

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