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CVE-2023-3251:
Tenable Nessus vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A pass-back vulnerability (CVE-2023-3251) was discovered in Nessus application, affecting versions before 10.6.0. The vulnerability allows authenticated remote attackers with administrator privileges to uncover stored SMTP credentials within the application (Tenable Advisory, NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.9 (Medium) by NVD with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, while Tenable assigned a score of 4.1 (Medium) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with administrator privileges to access and expose stored SMTP credentials within the Nessus application, potentially compromising email-related configurations and communications (Tenable Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
Tenable has released Nessus version 10.6.0 to address this vulnerability. Users are strongly advised to upgrade to this version. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (Tenable Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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