View Plugin Details

Required User Role: Organizational user with appropriate permissions. For more information, see User Roles.

You can drill into analysis views to view details for a specific instance of a vulnerability found on your network.

Tip: A vulnerability instance is a single instance of a vulnerability appearing on an asset, identified uniquely by plugin ID, port, and protocol.

To view plugin details:

  1. Log in to Tenable Security Center via the user interface.

  2. Click Analysis > Vulnerabilities.

    The Vulnerabilities page appears.

  3. In the drop-down box, click Vulnerability Summary.

    The Vulnerability Summary tool appears.

  4. To customize the table, see Interact with a Customizable Table.

  5. In the Plugin ID column, click the plugin ID to view plugin details for a specific plugin.

    The Plugin Details panel appears.

    In this panel, you can:

    Section Actions
    Description View information about the plugin, vulnerability instance, and affected assets.
    Solution View the Tenable-recommended action to remediate the vulnerability.
    Vulnerability Priority Rating (VPR) Key Drivers

    View the key drivers Tenable used to calculate the vulnerability VPR. For more information, see CVSS vs. VPR.
    CVE and BID View related links to the CVE and BID materials about the vulnerability.
    Cross-References View related documentation for the vulnerability.
    See Also View related links about the plugin or vulnerability.