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CVE-2014-7280

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-7280 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI of Tenable Nessus 5.x, specifically versions prior to 2.3.4 Build #85. This flaw allows remote web servers to inject malicious web script or HTML into a user's browser via the server header. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, requiring network access but no authentication. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:web_ui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-34929 · Oct 9, 2014
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0327 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

osvdb.org / 112728
packetstormsecurity.com / files/128579/Nessus-Web-UI-2.3.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Exploit
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/26
Exploit
exploit-db.com / exploits/34929
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/70274
Exploit
tenable.com / security/tns-2014-08
Vendor Advisory
thesecurityfactory.be / permalink/nessus-stored-xss.html
Exploit