6.5

CVE-2022-33757: tenable, inc. tenable nessus Improper Access Control

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 24-10-2022Last modified 07-05-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-33757 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in tenable, inc. tenable nessus. EPSS estimates a 0.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.86%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 24-10-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An authenticated attacker could read Nessus Debug Log file attachments from the web UI without having the correct privileges to do so. This may lead to the disclosure of information on the scan target and/or the Nessus scan to unauthorized parties able to reach the Nessus instance.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.86%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

58%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.83% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.86%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Tenable1 product
Tenable, inc.1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

1 links