Medium severity4.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 27, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-1000029

Description

Tenable Nessus before 6.8 has a stored XSS issue that requires admin-level authentication to the Nessus UI, and would potentially impact other admins (Tenable IDs 5218 and 5269).

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Affected products

Tenable/Nessus2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <6.8.0
- (no CPE)range: <6.8
Tenable/Nessusdescription

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/92134nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036414nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-11nvdVendor Advisory

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