CVE-2020-7383 SQL Injection in Rapid7 Nexpose

What is CVE-2020-7383?

CVE-2020-7383 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Rapid7 Nexpose, published on 14 Oct 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A SQL Injection issue in Rapid7 Nexpose version prior to 6.6.49 that may have allowed an authenticated user with a low permission level to access resources & make changes they should not have been able to access.

Weakness: CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7383?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Rapid7 Nexpose.

How do I fix CVE-2020-7383?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7383 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.

Is CVE-2020-7383 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7383 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Rapid7 Nexpose

• CVE-2017-5264 Cross-site request forgery in Nexpose High 8.8
• CVE-2019-5638 Rapid7 Nexpose Insufficient Session Management High 8.7
• CVE-2017-5243 Weak cryptography in Nexpose hardware appliance High 8.5
• CVE-2017-5232 Other in Nexpose High 7.8
• CVE-2017-5230 Hardcoded credentials in Nexpose High 7.2

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-63xh-ppq5-xq58.