CVE-2014-7280
Description
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.
Predictions
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.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Nessus Web UI 2.3.3 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| tenable | web_ui | {"endIncluding":"2.3.3"} | |
References
- 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
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.