# CVE-2024-1471: HTML Injection Vulnerability

> An authenticated administrator can inject HTML into repository parameters, enabling redirection attacks in Tenable Security Center.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9j55-g998-6v4p

## What is CVE-2024-1471?

CVE-2024-1471 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Tenable Security Center, published on 14 Feb 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

An HTML injection vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Security Center application could modify Repository parameters, which could lead to HTML redirection attacks.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1471?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Tenable Security Center.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1471?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1471 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1471 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1471 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Tenable Security Center

- [CVE-2026-19626](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19626/): Remote Code Execution (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2026-19681](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19681/): Command Injection (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2026-19682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19682/): Command Injection (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2026-64877](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-64877/): SQL injection in Security Center (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2026-64878](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-64878/): Command Injection (critical 9.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1471 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1471 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Tenable Security Center, published on 14 Feb 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1471 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Tenable Security Center. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1471/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1471/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1471
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1471
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1471

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1471/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.