CVE-2023-1699

Rapid7 Nexpose Forced Browsing

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Published Mar 30, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Rapid7 Nexpose versions 6.6.186 and below suffer from a forced browsing vulnerability. This vulnerability allows an attacker to manipulate URLs to forcefully browse to and access administrative pages. This vulnerability is fixed in version 6.6.187.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Rapid7

Nexpose

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 6.6.186

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-23927	Rapid7 Nexpose versions 6.6.186 and below suffer from a forced browsing vulnerability. This vulnerability allows an attacker to manipulate URLs to forcefully browse to and access administrative pages. This vulnerability is fixed in version 6.6.187.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.446% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/nexpose/20230329/

History

Feb 11, 2025 9:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Rapid7 Nexpose

Weaknesses

CWE-425

Sources

CVE record Updated: Feb 11, 2025, 8:12 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: rapid7
Published: Mar 30, 2023, 9:26 AM
Updated: Feb 11, 2025, 8:12 PM
Reserved: Mar 29, 2023, 2:17 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:57 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:57 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:28 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 30, 2023, 10:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:28 AM

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