CVE-2017-2122 Cross-site scripting in Nessus

What is CVE-2017-2122?

CVE-2017-2122 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 12 May 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Nessus versions 6.8.0, 6.8.1, 6.9.0, 6.9.1 and 6.9.2 allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2122?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tenable Nessus.

How do I fix CVE-2017-2122?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2122 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2017-2122 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2122 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-4313 Command injection in Tenable.io, Tenable.sc and Nessus High 8.8
• CVE-2023-0524 Privilege escalation in Tenable.io, Tenable.sc, Nessus High 8.8
• CVE-2023-0101 Privilege escalation in Nessus High 8.8
• CVE-2022-32973 Privilege escalation in Nessus High 8.8
• CVE-2025-36630 Local Privilege Escalation High 8.4

All Tenable Nessus vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hcx5-5vj5-h7x2.