CVE-2019-3961
Nessus versions 8.4.0 and earlier were found to contain a reflected XSS vulnerability due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability via a specially crafted request to execute arbitrary script code in a users browser session.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.1 (v3.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 1.5% (73th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2019-13568)
- Published
- June 25, 2019
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2019-13568 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 4, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- tenable / nessus
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Tenable SecurityCenter 4.4 (SC) and Components: 3D Tool 2.0.1 Log Correlation Engine 3.6 (LCE), Passive Vulnerability Scanner 3.6 (PVS), Nessus 5.0.1, and xTool 2.1 - Tenable Network Security, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-10443-2012 - archived
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108892(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-04(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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