CVE-2016-9259

5.4 mediumEPSS 0.9%

Medium (5.4) in tenable nessus. EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.4 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 58% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2017-02-28
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

tenable:nessus

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037293
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-17
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037293
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-17

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