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Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-5765

CVE-2020-5765

Description

Nessus 8.10.0 and earlier were found to contain a Stored XSS vulnerability due to improper validation of input during scan configuration. An authenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in a user's session. Tenable has implemented additional input validation mechanisms to correct this issue in Nessus 8.11.0.

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  • Tenable/Nessus2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=8.10.0
    • (no CPE)range: <=8.10.0
  • Tenable/Nessusdescription

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