Spring4Shell: Zero-Day Vulnerability in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22965)

Rapid7 has completed remediating the instances of Spring4Shell CVE-2022-22965 and Spring Cloud CVE-2022-22963 vulnerabilities that we found on our internet-facing services and systems. For further information and updates about our internal response to Spring4Shell, please see our post here. If yo...

InsightVM Scanning: Demystifying SSH Credential Elevation

Written in collaboration with Jimmy Cancilla The credentials to log into the assets on the network are one of the most critical inputs that can be provided to a vulnerability assessment. In order to capture and report on the full risk of an asset, the scan engine must be able to access the asset ...

What's New in InsightVM and Nexpose: Q4 2021 in Review

Greetings, fellow security professionals. As we enter into the new year, we wanted to provide a recap of product releases and features on the vulnerability management VM front for Q4 2021. Let's start by talking about the elephant in the room. The end of last year was dominated by Log4Shell, the...

Using InsightVM to Find Apache Log4j CVE-2021-44228

There are many methods InsightVM can use to identify vulnerable software. Which method is best depends on the software and specific vulnerability in question, not to mention variability that comes into play with differing network topologies and Scan Engine deployment strategies. When it comes to ...

Widespread Exploitation of Critical Remote Code Execution in Apache Log4j

Table of Contents Overview Affected versions Mitigation and detection guidance Rapid7 customers InsightVM and Nexpose InsightIDR and Managed Detection and Response Velociraptor tCell InsightCloudSec IntSights Attacks and campaigns External resources Updates Need clarity on detecting and mitigatin...

Patch Now: SonicWall Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities in SMA 100 Devices

Summary On December 7, 2021, SonicWall released a security advisory that includes patching guidance for five vulnerabilities in SonicWall SMA 100 series devices that were discovered by Rapid7 including CVE-2021-20038 which is rated CVSSv3 9.8, critical, as well as several other CVEs discovered by...

Ongoing Exploitation of Windows Installer CVE-2021-41379

CVE | Vendor Advisory | AttackerKB | IVM Content | Patching Urgency | Last Update ---|---|---|---|---|--- CVE-2021-41379 | Microsoft Advisory | AttackerKB | Scheduled when patched | ASAP when released | December 3, 2021 3:00 PM ET See the Updates section at the end of this post for new informatio...

Active Exploitation of Apache HTTP Server CVE-2021-40438

CVE | Vendor Advisory | AttackerKB | IVM Content | Patching Urgency | Last Update ---|---|---|---|---|--- CVE-2021-40438 | Apache Advisory | AttackerKB | 09/16/2021 multiple | ASAP | December 1, 2021 14:00 ET On September 16, 2021, Apache released version 2.4.49 of HTTP Server, which included a f...

Distribute Reports to Email Addresses in InsightVM

Rapid7 is investing heavily in the reporting and dashboard capabilities of InsightVM. In 2021 alone, we launched the ability to filter dashboards via single query, a new report creation wizard powered by our query builder, several use-case-driven dashboard templates, and most recently, the abilit...

Opportunistic Exploitation of Zoho ManageEngine and Sitecore CVEs

Over the weekend of November 6, 2021, Rapid7’s Incident Response IR and Managed Detection and Response MDR teams began seeing opportunistic exploitation of two unrelated CVEs: CVE-2021-40539, a REST API authentication bypass in Zoho’s ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus product that Rapid7 has...

NPM Library (ua-parser-js) Hijacked: What You Need to Know

Last Update: October 27, 2021 For approximately 4 hours on Friday, October 22, 2021, a widely utilized NPM package, ua-parser-js, was embedded with a malicious script intended to install a coinminer and harvest user/credential information. This package is used “to detect Browser, Engine, OS, CPU,...

Passwordless Network Scanning: Same Insights, Less Risk

Password-based credentials are a ubiquitous part of our online lives, but they are prone to vulnerabilities. Combatting those vulnerabilities has been a major hurdle for security professionals, and it's come at major cost for businesses. We are reinventing the credentialing process for our Networ...

What's New in InsightVM: Q3 2021 in Review

In today's post, we're giving a rundown of new features and functionality launched in Q3 2021 for InsightVM and the Insight Platform. We hope you can begin to leverage these changes to drive success across your organization. Apple Silicon support on the Insight Agent We're excited to announce tha...

Critical vCenter Server File Upload Vulnerability (CVE-2021-22005)

See the Updates section at the end of this post for new information as it comes to light, including reports of exploitation. Description On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, VMware published security advisory VMSA-2021-0020, which includes details on CVE-2021-22005, a critical file upload vulnerabilit...

Active Exploitation of Confluence Server & Confluence Data Center: CVE-2021-26084

This attack is ongoing. See the Updates section at the end of this post for new information as it comes to light. On August 25, 2021, Atlassian published details on CVE-2021-26084, a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center. The vulnerability...

3 Steps to Integrate Rapid7 Products Into the DevSecOps Cycle

DevSecOps is the concept and practice of integrating security into the DevOps cycle. The idea is to bring the different phases of security into the DevOps model and try to automate the entire process, so security is integrated directly into the initial application builds. In this post, we’ll take...

Rapid7 InsightVM跨站脚本漏洞

Rapid7 InsightVM is a vulnerability scanning and management application from Rapid7 USA. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Rapid7 InsightVM 0.5.9 and prior versions, which allows an authenticated user to embed executable code in a malicious upload...

What’s New in InsightVM: Q2 2021 in Review

The world is changing rapidly. We hear that phrase a lot. Throughout Q2 though, it really is true. Vaccines have been rolling out, to varying success depending on the part of the world, but there is optimism. As Rapid7 offices begin to open up to our hard-working team members around the globe, we...

InsightVM Release Announcement: Global Dashboard Filters

InsightVM users have been able to create dashboards, add different visualizations in the form of cards and apply filters to these cards. Rapid7 also provided dashboard templates which enabled users to create views focusing on scenarios such as Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday, identifying and assessing...

Patch Tuesday Dashboard Template Release

We know that many security teams rely on Microsoft’s patch cycle to remediate vulnerabilities in their environments. However, every month , Patch Tuesday introduces numerous vulnerabilities and their solutions that apply to many, if not nearly all, devices. Keeping up with the deployment of these...