CVE-2013-5911 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in devform.php in Tenable SecurityCenter 4.6 through 4.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the message parameter.

Published: 2013-09-24

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:tenable:security_center:4.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tenable:security_center:4.7:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-5745	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in devform.php in Tenable SecurityCenter 4.6 through 4.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the message parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00931.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.osvdb.org/97584
https://discussions.nessus.org/message/22174#22174

History

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Tenable security Center
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:tenable:securitycenter:4.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:tenable:securitycenter:4.7:::::::*	cpe:2.3:a:tenable:security_center:4.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:tenable:security_center:4.7:::::::*
Vendors & Products	Tenable securitycenter	Tenable security Center

Subscriptions

Tenable Security Center

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2013-09-24T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:06:46.493Z

Reserved: 2013-09-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-5911

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-09-24T10:35:52.097

Modified: 2026-08-17T14:50:49.470

Link: CVE-2013-5911

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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