CVE-2012-6493

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-6493
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-04 22:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCross-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.003850000 probability, percentile 0.597190000 (date 2026-05-04)

Problem Types: CWE-352 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4 All All All
Application Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.1 All All All
Application Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.10 All All All
Application Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.11 All All All
Application Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.12 All All All
Application Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.2 All All All
Application Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.3 All All All
Application Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.4 All All All
Application Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.5 All All All
Application Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.6 All All All
Application Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.7 All All All
Application Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.8 All All All
Application Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.9 All All All
Application Rapid7 Nexpose 5.5.1 All All All
Application Rapid7 Nexpose All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Nexpose Security Console CSRF Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
Nexpose release announcements - January 2013 | SecurityStreet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 community.rapid7.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0014.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
Nexpose Security Console Cross Site Request Forgery ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
osvdb.org/88923 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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