CVE-2014-4980
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- 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
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.