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CVE-2017-5244

Routes used to stop running Metasploit tasks (either particular ones or all tasks) allowed GET...

3.5 Low

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Exploit likelihood

0.72%Down 0.1 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 3.5

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.

Record
CVE-2017-5244
CVSS 3.0
3.5 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0
3.5 LowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-352
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2017-5244
Weakness
CWE-352
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-14349 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2017-14349
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7vfm-4xqj-pv85 3.5

Routes used to stop running Metasploit tasks (either particular ones or all tasks) allowed GET...

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.

Record
GHSA-7vfm-4xqj-pv85
CVSS 3.0
3.5 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness
CWE-352
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-5244 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.5) in Rapid7 Metasploit, published June 15, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.72%, the 53rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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