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CVE-2017-5179

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

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.

Affected products

• Tenable Nessus: through 6.9.2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95307
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037558
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-01
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95307
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037558
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-01

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