Vulnerability · Published Apr 18, 2025 · Assigned by tenable

CVE-2025-36625Log Poisoning in Nessus

Medium 4.3

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 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Nessus versions prior to 10.8.4, a non-authenticated attacker could alter Nessus logging entries by manipulating http requests to the application.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Tenable Nessus 0 – before 10.8.4

Weakness: CWE-117 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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