CVE-2020-5765

5.4 mediumEPSS 1.1%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.4 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 65% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2020-07-15
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

tenable:nessus

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-05
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-05

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