Vulnerability · Published Aug 29, 2023 · Assigned by tenable
CVE-2023-3251Pass-back vulnerability in Nessus
Medium 4.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Nessus from Tenable. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 47.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A pass-back vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could uncover stored SMTP credentials within the Nessus application.This issue affects Nessus: before 10.6.0.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-522 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N