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CVE-2016-9259

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9259 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus versions prior to 6.9.1, allowing authenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) requires user interaction and low privileges, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0087 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 15,222 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

tenable.com / security/tns-2016-17
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1037293
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry