Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Jan 5, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-5179

Description

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.

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Affected products

Tenable/Nessus2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=6.9.2
- (no CPE)range: <6.9.3

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95307nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037558nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-01nvdVendor Advisory

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