5.4

CVE-2023-24494: tenable tenable.sc Cross-site Scripting

Modified
Published 25-01-2023Last modified 01-04-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-24494 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in tenable tenable.sc. EPSS estimates a 0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.69%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 25-01-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Tenable.sc due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by convincing a user to click a specially crafted URL, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.69%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

52%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.69% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Tenable1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links