CVE-2016-9259

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

• CWE-79

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037293Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-17Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037293Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-17Patch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Feb 28, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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