Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-7280

Title: Tenable Web Ui Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2014-7280

CWE Category CWE-79
Published Date Oct 21, 2014
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
6.56%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-7280: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI before 2.3.4 Build #85 for Tenable Nessus 5.x allows remote web servers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the server header.

Impacted Vendors

T
tenable 1

Reference Links

http://osvdb.org/112728 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128579/Nessus-Web-UI-2.3.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/26 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34929 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70274 http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2014-08 http://www.thesecurityfactory.be/permalink/nessus-stored-xss.html http://osvdb.org/112728 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128579/Nessus-Web-UI-2.3.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/26 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34929 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70274 http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2014-08 http://www.thesecurityfactory.be/permalink/nessus-stored-xss.html
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-7280 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34929
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.