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CVE-2014-4980

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-4980 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the /server/properties resource of Tenable Web UI versions prior to 2.3.5, affecting Nessus 5.2.3 through 5.2.7. This flaw allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by manipulating the 'token' parameter. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, potentially leading to confidentiality breaches. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:5.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:5.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0170 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

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