Vulnerability · Published Aug 29, 2023 · Assigned by tenable

CVE-2023-3253Improper authorization in Nessus

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect authorization 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 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An improper authorization vulnerability exists where an authenticated, low privileged remote attacker could view a list of all the users available in the application.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Tenable Nessus 0 – before 10.6.0

Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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