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Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Feb 28, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-9259

CVE-2016-9259

Description

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.

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Affected products

5
  • Tenable/Nessus5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <6.9.1

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