Rapid7 Nexpose Reflected XSS
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Rapid7 Nexpose versions 6.6.129 and earlier suffer from a reflected cross site scripting vulnerability, within the shared scan configuration component of the tool. With this vulnerability an attacker could pass literal values as the test credentials, providing the opportunity for a potential XSS attack. This issue is fixed in Rapid7 Nexpose version 6.6.130.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-0758
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q56j-r2q6-8m2c
References
More Rapid7 Nexpose vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-03371 Cross-site request forgery in Rapid7 Nexpose CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-01595 Rapid7 Nexpose Forced Browsing CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-00668 Rapid7 Nexpose SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-03994 Rapid7 Nexpose/InsightVM Security Console CSRF CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-04002 Rapid7 Nexpose Insufficient Session Management CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
- TI-2020-05966 SQL Injection in Rapid7 Nexpose CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
Sources
- CVE-2022-0758 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-0758 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q56j-r2q6-8m2c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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