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"From 2007 to 2009 vulnerabilities in a typical end-user PC almost doubled from about 220 to 420."

Non-Microsoft software to blame for increase in vulnerabilities affecting typical Windows end-users, read more:

http://secunia.com/gfx/pdf/Secunia_Half_Year_Report_2010.pdf


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TITLE:
Nessus Web Server Plugin Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40722

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/40722/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=40722

RELEASE DATE:
2010-07-28

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/40722/#comments

AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA:
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 * Criticality Level
 * Impact
 * Where
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 * Operating System / Software
 * CVE Reference(s)

http://secunia.com/advisories/40722/

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=40722

ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI:
 * AUTOMATED SCANNING

http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Nessus Web Server plugin for
Nessus, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct
cross-site scripting attacks.

Certain unspecified input passed to the Nessus Web Server
(nessusd_www_server.nbin) is not properly sanitised before being
returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary
HTML- and script code in a user's browser session in context of an
affected website.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.2.4.

Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Emmanuel Bouillon from the NATO C3 Agency.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://discussions.nessus.org/message/7245#7245

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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