CVE-2024-0971: tenable nessus SQL Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-0971 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) SQL Injection vulnerability in tenable nessus. EPSS estimates a 0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 06-02-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 01-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A SQL injection vulnerability exists where an authenticated, low-privileged remote attacker could potentially alter scan DB content.

• CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.