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    CVE-2017-5179

    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.

    Published:Jan 5, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Jan 5, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00235
    CVSS Score:5.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Tenable
    Product
    Nessus

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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