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CVE-2012-6493 json

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Rapid7 Nexpose Security Console before 5.5.4 allows remote attackers to hijack the authe…

published 2014-02-04 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-6346

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23924)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23924 Nexpose Security Console - Cross-Site Request Forgery webapps, 2013-01-06
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0014.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119260/Nexpose-Security-Console-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

Sources

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