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CVE-2012-6493

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6493 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Rapid7 Nexpose Security Console versions prior to 5.5.4. This flaw allows remote attackers to hijack authenticated user sessions to delete scan data and sites. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (medium severity), the attack requires medium complexity but can lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and showing no active exploitation or significant community discussion, a public exploit (EDB-23924) is available.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-23924 · Jan 6, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0231 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0014.html
Exploit
osvdb.org / 88923
packetstormsecurity.com / files/119260/Nexpose-Security-Console-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
Exploit
community.rapid7.com / docs/DOC-2155
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/23924
Exploit