cve-2023-3251
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-08-29 18:38
Modified
2024-09-30 15:49
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
References
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| vulnreport@tenable.com | https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-29 | Vendor Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-29 | Vendor Advisory |
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