CVE-2017-5179

5.4 mediumEPSS 1.2%

Medium (5.4) in tenable nessus. EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

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: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 69% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2017-01-05
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

tenable:nessus

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95307
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037558
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-01
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95307
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037558

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