CVE-2023-3251

Published: Aug 29, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

4.9

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.2 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

A pass-back vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could uncover stored SMTP credentials within the Nessus application.This issue affects Nessus: before 10.6.0.

Affected (1)

Products: Tenable: Nessus

Tenable

1 product

Nessus

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Tenable Nessus	Before 10.6.0

Related CWEs

CWE-522

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

References (2)

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-29

Source: vulnreport@tenable.com

Vendor Advisory

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-29

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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