CVE-2020-5765

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2020-5765 · Published 15/07/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-5765 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting nessus (tenable).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 65.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
nessus tenable	`≤ 8.10.0`	No fix yet

Description

Nessus 8.10.0 and earlier were found to contain a Stored XSS vulnerability due to improper validation of input during scan configuration. An authenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in a user's session. Tenable has implemented additional input validation mechanisms to correct this issue in Nessus 8.11.0.

References

tenable.com/security/tns-2020-05 · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

nessus

tenable

≤ 8.10.0

No fix yet

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