CVE-2024-11401
Rapid7 Insight Platform Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Rapid7 Insight Platform Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-11401- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-34105
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.
- Record
EUVD-2024-34105- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f45q-cm63-9w96
Rapid7 Insight Platform versions prior to November 13th 2024, suffer from a privilege escalation...
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.
- Record
GHSA-f45q-cm63-9w96- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-11401- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-11401 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Rapid7 Insight Platform, published December 11, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.