There Goes The Neighborhood: Dealing With CVE-2020-16898 (and CVE-2020-1656) (aka"Bad Neighbor")

If you’re in the U.S. and were waiting for an “October surprise”, look no further than CVE-2020-16898 which is a remote code execution RCE vulnerability in the Windows TCP/IP stack, or what our own Tod Beardsley likes to call “exploiting poor implementations of core IETF RFCs”. The vulnerability...

How InsightVM Helps You Save Time and Prove Value

For many security teams, vulnerability risk management can feel like an endless climb. The truth is, no IT environment will ever be fully free of cyber-risk. That said, there are simple, attainable steps you can take right away to achieve an acceptable level of risk for your organization with the...

Decentralize Remediation Efforts to Gain More Efficiency with InsightVM

Let’s talk about the reality of the remediation process today. We know it is often a cumbersome and time-consuming process, and it can be challenging for a Security team to work with IT Operations and Development teams, servicing many assets and owners. There isn’t a vulnerability management team...

Forrester report for Rapid7: number juggling and an excellent overview of Vulnerability Management problems

I recently read Forrester's 20-page report "The Total Economic Impact Of Rapid7 InsightVM". It is about the Cost Savings And Business Benefits that Vulnerability Management solution can bring to the organizations. In short, I didn't like everything related to money. It seems like juggling with...

Rapid7 Nexpose InsightVM Security Console Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Rapid7 Nexpose InsightVM Security Console is a local vulnerability scanning program from Rapid7 USA. A cross-site request forgery vulnerability exists in Rapid7 Nexpose InsightVM Security Console versions 6.5.0 through 6.5.68. The vulnerability stems from a WEB application that does not adequatel...

CVE-2019-5630

A Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability was found in Rapid7 Nexpose InsightVM Security Console versions 6.5.0 through 6.5.68. This issue allows attackers to exploit CSRF vulnerabilities on API endpoints using Flash to circumvent a cross-domain pre-flight OPTIONS request...

CVE-2019-5630

A Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability was found in Rapid7 Nexpose InsightVM Security Console versions 6.5.0 through 6.5.68. This issue allows attackers to exploit CSRF vulnerabilities on API endpoints using Flash to circumvent a cross-domain pre-flight OPTIONS request...

Cross site request forgery (csrf)

A Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability was found in Rapid7 Nexpose InsightVM Security Console versions 6.5.0 through 6.5.68. This issue allows attackers to exploit CSRF vulnerabilities on API endpoints using Flash to circumvent a cross-domain pre-flight OPTIONS request...

CVE-2019-5630

CVE-2019-5630 affects Rapid7 Nexpose InsightVM Security Console. The vulnerability is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in API endpoints that can be exploited via Flash to bypass a cross-domain pre-flight OPTIONS request. Affected versions are 6.5.0 through 6.5.68. The issue arises from insuffi...

CVE-2019-5615

Users with Site-level permissions can access files containing the username-encrypted passwords of Security Console Global Administrators and clear-text passwords for restoring backups, as well as the salt for those passwords. Valid credentials are required to access these files and malicious user...

CVE-2019-5615

Users with Site-level permissions can access files containing the username-encrypted passwords of Security Console Global Administrators and clear-text passwords for restoring backups, as well as the salt for those passwords. Valid credentials are required to access these files and malicious user...

Design/Logic Flaw

Users with Site-level permissions can access files containing the username-encrypted passwords of Security Console Global Administrators and clear-text passwords for restoring backups, as well as the salt for those passwords. Valid credentials are required to access these files and malicious user...

CVE-2019-5615

CVE-2019-5615 concerns a stored-credential exposure in Rapid7 InsightVM (versions 6.5.11–6.5.49). The issue allows users with Site-level permissions to access files containing username-encrypted passwords for Security Console Global Administrators, along with clear-text passwords for restoring ba...

CVE-2019-5615 Rapid7 InsightVM Stored Credential Exposure

Users with Site-level permissions can access files containing the username-encrypted passwords of Security Console Global Administrators and clear-text passwords for restoring backups, as well as the salt for those passwords. Valid credentials are required to access these files and malicious user...

Vulnerability Management Market Disruptors

Gartners recent vulnerability management report provides a wealth of insight into vulnerability management VM tools and advice for how to build effective VM programs. Although VM tools and capabilities have changed since the reports last iteration in 2015, interestingly one thing hasnt: Gartners...

Petya-like ransomworm: Leveraging InsightVM and Nexpose for visibility into MS17-010

A Petya-like ransomworm struck on June 27th 2017 and spread throughout the day, affecting organizations in several European countries and the US. It is believed that the ransomworm achieved its initial infection via a compromised software update, and that it then leverages the EternalBlue and...

InsightVM now available in Japan

InsightVM customers can now choose to store their InsightVM data in Japan. At Rapid7, we enable customers to comply with policies and preferences by selecting the region where their data is transmitted, processed, and stored. We're excited to announce that Japan joins our existing data centers in...

Cleaning House: Maintaining an accurate and relevant vulnerability management program

When Nexpose launched in the early 2000s, technology was vastly different from the world we live in today: most people connected to the internet over dial-up modems, personal computers were shared within the household, and televisions were still set-top boxes. Technology has evolved dramatically...

Remediation Workflow Now Integrates with ServiceNow

Today were sharing an update to Remediation Workflow Ticketing capabilities. We are pleased to announce that Remediation Workflow in InsightVM now integrates with ServiceNow. One of the main benefits of Remediation Workflow Ticketing is to improve collaboration between security and remediation...

Petya-like ransomworm: Leveraging InsightVM and Nexpose for visibility into MS17-010

A Petya-like ransomworm struck on June 27th 2017 and spread throughout the day, affecting organizations in several european countries and the US. It is believed that the ransomworm may achieve its initial infection via a malicious document attached to a phishing email, and then leverages the...