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CVE-2023-3251

Pass-back vulnerability in Nessus

MEDIUM
4.9
CVSS Score
Published: August 29, 2023 at 06:38 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:13 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNessus

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Severity
MEDIUM4.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A pass-back vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could uncover stored SMTP credentials within the Nessus application.This issue affects Nessus: before 10.6.0.

Affected

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

Nessus· Tenable Network Security
95%
v < 10.6.0
Affected range stops below 10.6.0, 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:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-29

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.9MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-522

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