Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Jan 31, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-9260

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to handling of .nessus files.

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Affected products

Tenable/Nessus2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=6.8.1
- (no CPE)range: <6.9

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN12796388/index.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2017/JVNDB-2017-000013.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95772nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16nvdVendor Advisory

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