CVE-2023-3251

Pass-back vulnerability in Nessus

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Published Aug 29, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Tenable

Nessus

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 10.6.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Tenable has released Nessus 10.6.0 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal ( https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus ).

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-43927	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.678% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-29

History

Sep 30, 2024 4:30 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Tenable Nessus

Weaknesses

CWE-522

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 30, 2024, 3:49 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: tenable
Published: Aug 29, 2023, 6:38 PM
Updated: Sep 30, 2024, 3:49 PM
Reserved: Jun 14, 2023, 7:51 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:48 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:48 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 29, 2023, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM

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