CVE-2017-5244

LOW

Metasploit Pro, Express, and Community < 4.14.0 (Update 2017061301) - Cross-Site Request Forgery via Task Stop Routes

Title source: llm

Description

Routes used to stop running Metasploit tasks (either particular ones or all tasks) allowed GET requests. Only POST requests should have been allowed, as the stop/stop_all routes change the state of the service. This could have allowed an attacker to stop currently-running Metasploit tasks by getting an authenticated user to execute JavaScript. As of Metasploit 4.14.0 (Update 2017061301), the routes for stopping tasks only allow POST requests, which validate the presence of a secret token to prevent CSRF attacks.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99082

Exploit, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2017/06/15/r7-2017-16-cve-2017-5244-lack-of-csrf-protection-for-stopping-tasks-in-metasploit-pro-express-and-community-editions-fixed

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.seekurity.com/blog/general/metasploit-web-project-kill-all-running-tasks-csrf-CVE-2017-5244/

Scores

CVSS v3 3.5

EPSS 0.0072

EPSS Percentile 49.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE

CWE-352

Status published

Products (2)

rapid7/metasploit < 4.13.19

Rapid7/Metasploit (Pro, Express, and Community editions) < 4.14.0 (Update 2017061301)

Published Jun 15, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026