CVE-2012-6493
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-352
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-6346)
- Published
- February 4, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-6346 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- rapid7 / nexpose
- rapid7 / nexpose
- rapid7 / nexpose
- rapid7 / nexpose
- rapid7 / nexpose
- rapid7 / nexpose
- rapid7 / nexpose
- rapid7 / nexpose
- rapid7 / nexpose
- rapid7 / nexpose
- rapid7 / nexpose
- rapid7 / nexpose
- rapid7 / nexpose
- rapid7 / nexpose
- rapid7 / nexpose
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Rapid7™ Nexpose™ Vulnerability Management and Penetration Testing System V5.1 - Rapid7 LLC - Common Criteria 383-4-148 - archived
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0014.html(Exploit)
- http://osvdb.org/88923
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119260/Nexpose-Security-Console-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html(Exploit)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23924(Exploit)
- https://community.rapid7.com/docs/DOC-2155#release1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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