Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-4980

Title: Tenable Nessus Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-4980.

CWE Category CWE-200

Published Date Jul 23, 2014

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.47%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-4980: The /server/properties resource in Tenable Web UI before 2.3.5 for Nessus 5.2.3 through 5.2.7 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the token parameter.

Impacted Vendors

nessus 1

tenable 2

Reference Links

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127532/Tenable-Nessus-5.2.7-Parameter-Tampering-Authentication-Bypass.html http://www.halock.com/blog/cve-2014-4980-parameter-tampering-nessus-web-ui/ http://www.osvdb.org/109376 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532839/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68782 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030614 http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2014-05 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127532/Tenable-Nessus-5.2.7-Parameter-Tampering-Authentication-Bypass.html http://www.halock.com/blog/cve-2014-4980-parameter-tampering-nessus-web-ui/ http://www.osvdb.org/109376 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532839/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68782 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030614 http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2014-05

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-4980 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 23, 2014 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.