cve-2019-3961
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-06-25 20:27
Modified
2024-08-04 19:26
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
vulnreport@tenable.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108892Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
vulnreport@tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-04Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108892Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-04Third Party Advisory
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