Code Injection in Rapid7 AppSpider Pro Installer

published 2020-09-18 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28485

cvss: 5.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits: 0; none known

In AppSpider installer versions prior to 7.2.126, the AppSpider installer calls an executable which can be placed in the appropriate directory by an attacker with access to the local machine. This would prevent the installer from distinguishing between a valid executable called during an installation and any arbitrary code executable using the same file name.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Rapid7 AppSpider 7.2.126

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Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.4	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Rapid7 AppSpider

Classification

Weakness

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

help.rapid7.com /appspider/release-notes/index.html?pid=7.2.126
release-notes, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-7358
NVD CVE-2020-7358

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