CVE-2024-11401

Published Dec 11, 2024 Modified Apr 15, 2026 CWE-862

Description

Rapid7 Insight Platform versions prior to November 13th 2024, suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability whereby, due to a lack of authorization checks, an attacker can successfully update the password policy in the platform settings as a standard user by crafting an API (the functionality was not possible through the platform's User Interface). This vulnerability has been fixed as of November 13th 2024.

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Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-11401? +
Rapid7 Insight Platform versions prior to November 13th 2024, suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability whereby, due to a lack of authorization checks, an attacker can successfully update the password policy in the platform settings as a standard user by crafting an API (the functionality was not possible through the platform's User Interface). This vulnerability has been fixed as of November 13th 2024.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2024-11401? +
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