CVE-2016-1000028 Tenable Nessus before 6.8 has a stored XSS issue that requires admin-level authentication to the Nessus UI, and would only potentially impact other admins.
Medium 4.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-1000028 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2016-1000028 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 27 Dec 2019.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1000028 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Tenable Nessus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1000028/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1000028/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-1000028?
CVE-2016-1000028 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 27 Dec 2019.
Official description
Tenable Nessus before 6.8 has a stored XSS issue that requires admin-level authentication to the Nessus UI, and would only potentially impact other admins. (Tenable ID 5198).
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1000028?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tenable Nessus.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1000028?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1000028 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-1000028 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1000028 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Tenable Nessus
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rm3j-2fj4-cp74.