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FKIE_CVE-2023-24493

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-01-26 21:18 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:39

Severity

5.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

A formula injection vulnerability exists in Tenable.sc due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An authenticated attacker could leverage the reporting system to export reports containing formulas, which would then require a victim to approve and execute on a host.

References

	URL	Tags
	vulnreport@tenable.com	https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-03	Patch, Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-03	Patch, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	tenable	tenable.sc	*

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    },
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T05:39:22.990",
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CVE-2023-24493 (GCVE-0-2023-24493)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-25 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-01 14:57

Summary

Severity

5.7 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-01 14:57 UTC

CWE

Formula injection
CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

Assigner

tenable mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-03

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Tenable.sc	Affected: Tenable.sc versions 5.23.1 and earlier

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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