Nessus to CSV

A simple command-line tool to extract host IP addresses and finding titles from a .nessus scan file and export them to a clean, sorted CSV report.

Features

• Extracts host IP and finding title (pluginName) from .nessus XML files
• Converts numeric severity codes (0–4) into readable labels (Info, Low, Medium, High, Critical)
• Excludes Info-level findings from the output
• Sorts results by risk, from Critical down to Low
• Zero external dependencies — pure Python standard library

Requirements

• Python 3.6+

Usage

python3 nessus_to_csv.py input.nessus output.csv

Help

python3 nessus_to_csv.py --help

usage: nessus_to_csv.py [-h] input.nessus output.csv

Extract host IP and finding title (pluginName) from a .nessus file and export them to CSV.

positional arguments:
  input.nessus  Path to the .nessus file to read
  output.csv    Path to the CSV file to create

options:
  -h, --help    show this help message and exit

Example: python3 nessus_to_csv.py scan.nessus results.csv

Example output

IP	Title	Severity
192.168.1.10	Critical Issue	Critical
192.168.1.10	High Issue	High
192.168.1.10	Medium Issue	Medium
192.168.1.10	Low Issue	Low

License

MIT