CVE-2014-7280

Exp

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.

Published: 2014-10-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-7280 is rated Exploit Available (59.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.27%). Core evidence: 6 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-7280

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-7280

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 6.56% 3.27% -3.30%
2 2026-06-06 8.43% 6.56% -1.86%
3 2026-03-31 8.43%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-7280

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-7280

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-7280

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tenable web_ui <= 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:tenable:web_ui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-7280

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