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CVE-2023-3253
Improper authorization in Nessus
Medium4.3EPSS 0.52%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- tenable
Description
An improper authorization vulnerability exists where an authenticated, low privileged remote attacker could view a list of all the users available in the application.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| tenableCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.52% · top 55% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
What to do
Solution: Tenable has released Nessus 10.6.0 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal ( https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus ).
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Sources
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