4.9

CVE-2023-3251: tenable nessus Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVSS: 4.9v3.1MediumModified
Published 29-08-2023Last modified 30-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-3251 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in tenable nessus. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.61%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 29-08-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.61%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.61% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.61%

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

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links