CVE-2019-3962

N/A
Published: July 1, 2019 at 07:39 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNessus

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%

Description

Content Injection vulnerability in Tenable Nessus prior to 8.5.0 may allow an authenticated, local attacker to exploit this vulnerability by convincing another targeted Nessus user to view a malicious URL and use Nessus to send fraudulent messages. Successful exploitation could allow the authenticated adversary to inject arbitrary text into the feed status, which will remain saved post session expiration.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 8.5.0
Affected range stops below 8.5.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109025
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-04

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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