5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.006 Low
EPSS
Percentile
78.6%
Tenable Nessus is prone to an information disclosure
vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:tenable:nessus";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.804802");
script_version("2023-11-17T16:10:13+0000");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-11-17 16:10:13 +0000 (Fri, 17 Nov 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-08-08 10:33:08 +0530 (Fri, 08 Aug 2014)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-4980");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_vul");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Tenable Nessus Web UI Information Disclosure Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_tenable_nessus_consolidation.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 8834);
script_mandatory_keys("tenable/nessus/http/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Tenable Nessus is prone to an information disclosure
vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Sends a crafted HTTP GET request and checks the response.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to an error in /server/properties which does
not validate 'token' parameter.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to gain
knowledge on sensitive information.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Tenable Web UI before 2.3.5 in Tenable Nessus versions 5.2.3
through 5.2.7.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update Tenable Web UI component to version 2.3.5 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2014-05");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68782");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127532");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/532839/100/0/threaded");
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(!port = get_app_port(cpe:CPE, service:"www"))
exit(0);
if(!get_app_location(cpe:CPE, port:port, nofork:TRUE))
exit(0);
url = "/server/properties?token=";
req = http_get(item:url, port:port);
res = http_send_recv(port:port, data:req, bodyonly:FALSE);
if(!res)
exit(0);
if("loaded_plugin_set" >< res || "scanner_boottime" >< res) {
report = http_report_vuln_url(port:port, url:url);
security_message(port:port, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);