CVE-2016-9260
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to handling of .nessus files.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to handling of .nessus files.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.25% probability · 69th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- tenable/nessus
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN12796388/index.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2017/JVNDB-2017-000013.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95772Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16Vendor Advisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN12796388/index.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2017/JVNDB-2017-000013.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95772Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.