VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-5179
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.
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 1.25%
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 6.9.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
- 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 1.2% 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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95307Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037558Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-01Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95307Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037558Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-01Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.