CVE-2012-6493

Exp

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.

Published: 2014-02-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6493 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.31%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.89% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-6493

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23924 exploit_db edb 2013-01-06 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6493

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.41% 2.31% +1.89%
2 2025-07-15 0.56% 0.41% -0.15%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.56% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6493

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6493

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6493

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rapid7 nexpose <= 5.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rapid7 nexpose 5.4 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rapid7 nexpose 5.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rapid7 nexpose 5.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rapid7 nexpose 5.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rapid7 nexpose 5.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rapid7 nexpose 5.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rapid7 nexpose 5.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rapid7 nexpose 5.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rapid7 nexpose 5.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rapid7 nexpose 5.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rapid7 nexpose 5.4.10 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rapid7 nexpose 5.4.11 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rapid7 nexpose 5.4.12 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rapid7 nexpose 5.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6493

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