Nessus
PlexTrac supports importing NESSUS files from Nessus.
Below are the mappings of fields and any reference notes to provide context. If a field is not listed, then PlexTrac does not currently import.

PlexTrac finding field | Nessus path | Notes |
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title | <Report><ReportHost><ReportItem><plugin_name> | |
severity | <Report><ReportHost><ReportItem><severity> | |
references | ![]() | All the "and" s are checked, and if found are appended to the refrences array. |
recommendations | <Report><ReportHost><ReportItem><solution> | |
description | <Report><ReportHost><ReportItem><description> | |
risk_score | ![]() | |
common_identifiers | <Report><ReportHost><ReportItem><cve> and <Report><ReportHost><ReportItem><cwe> | |
caption | <Report><ReportHost name=(get asset identifier)> | We use the ReportItem element attributes port and svc_name. |
code | ![]() | |
label | Synopsis | hard-coded |
value | <Report><ReportHost><ReportItem><synopsis> | |
label | CVSS Base Score | hard-coded |
value | <Report><ReportHost><ReportItem><cvss_base_score> | |
calculation | <Report><ReportHost><ReportItem><cvss_vector> | |
label | CVSSv3 Base Score | hard-coded |
value | <Report><ReportHost><ReportItem><cvss3_base_score> | |
calculation | <Report><ReportHost><ReportItem><cvss3_vector> | |
label | CVSSv3 Temporal Score | hard-coded |
value | <Report><ReportHost><ReportItem><cvss3_temporal_score> | |
calculation | <Report><ReportHost><ReportItem><cvss3_temporal_vector> | |
PlexTrac asset field | Nessus path | Notes |
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asset | <Report><ReportHost name=(get asset identifier)> | We parse out the name of the ReportHost element for the asset identifier. |
host_fqdn | <Report><ReportHost><HostProperties (host-fqdn=<value)> | Value comes from host-fqdn attribute. |
host_rdns | <Report><ReportHost><HostProperties (host-rdns=<value)> | Value comes from host-rdns attribute. |
mac_address | <Report><ReportHost><HostProperties (host-mac-address=<value)> | Value comes from mac-address attribute. |
operating_system | <Report><ReportHost><HostProperties (host-fqdn=<value)> | Value comes from operating-system attribute. |
netbios_name | <Report><ReportHost><HostProperties (host-netbios-name=<value)> | Value comes from netbios-name attribute. |
total_cves | <Report><ReportHost><HostProperties (host-patch-summary-total-cves=<value)> | Value comes from patch-summary-total-cves attribute/ |
number | <Report><ReportHost><ReportItem><port> | |
protocol | <Report><ReportHost><ReportItem><protocol> | |
service | <Report><ReportHost><ReportItem><svc_name> | |
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