CVE-2012-6493

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2012-6493 · Published 04/02/2014 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-6493 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting nexpose (rapid7).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.3%, higher than 83.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
nexpose rapid7	`= 5.4= 5.4.1= 5.4.10= 5.4.11= 5.4.12= 5.4.2= 5.4.3= 5.4.4= 5.4.5= 5.4.6= 5.4.7= 5.4.8= 5.4.9= 5.5.1≤ 5.5.3`	No fix yet

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Rapid7 Nexpose Security Console before 5.5.4 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims for requests that delete scan data and sites via a request to data/site/delete.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0014.html · Exploit
osvdb.org/88923
packetstormsecurity.com/files/119260/Nexpose-Security-Console-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html · Exploit
exploit-db.com/exploits/23924 · Exploit
community.rapid7.com/docs/DOC-2155 · Patch

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

nexpose

rapid7

= 5.4= 5.4.1= 5.4.10= 5.4.11= 5.4.12= 5.4.2= 5.4.3= 5.4.4= 5.4.5= 5.4.6= 5.4.7= 5.4.8= 5.4.9= 5.5.1≤ 5.5.3

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