CVE-2024-9158
Published: 30 September 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-9158 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus Network Monitor. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 45.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-49761
Vulnerability details
A stored cross site scripting vulnerability exists in Nessus Network Monitor where an authenticated, privileged local attacker could inject arbitrary code into the NNM UI via the local CLI.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.