CVE-2022-0758 Rapid7 Nexpose Reflected XSS

What is CVE-2022-0758?

CVE-2022-0758 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Rapid7 Nexpose, published on 17 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0758?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Rapid7 Nexpose.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0758?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0758 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-0758 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0758 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
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-q56j-r2q6-8m2c.