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FKIE_CVE-2023-5624

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-10-26 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:48
Severity
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Under certain conditions, Nessus Network Monitor was found to not properly enforce input validation. This could allow an admin user to alter parameters that could potentially allow a blindSQL injection.
References
vulnreport@tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-34Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-34Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tenable nessus_network_monitor *
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