CVE-2012-6493

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.

• CWE-352

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0014.htmlExploit
• http://osvdb.org/88923
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119260/Nexpose-Security-Console-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlExploit
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23924Exploit
• https://community.rapid7.com/docs/DOC-2155#release1Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0014.htmlExploit
• http://osvdb.org/88923
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119260/Nexpose-Security-Console-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlExploit
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23924Exploit
• https://community.rapid7.com/docs/DOC-2155#release1Patch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Feb 4, 2014

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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