CVE-2017-5244

CVE-2017-5244

Vendor Rapid7
Product Metasploit (Pro, Express, and Community editions)
Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF
Published June 15, 2017
Last update August 5, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 15, 2017 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated

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