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

Published 9 y ago 2017-06-15 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

3.5

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.7%

percentile 54%

Public exploits

none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.72% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	3.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`
NVD	2.0	3.5	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P`

Affected products

Rapid7 Metasploit (Pro, Express, and Community editions)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

securityfocus.com /bid/99082 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
community.rapid7.com /community/metasploit/blog/2017/06/15/r7-2017-16-cve-2017-5244-lack-of-csrf-protection-for · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
seekurity.com /blog/general/metasploit-web-project-kill-all-running-tasks-csrf-CVE-2017-5244/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-5244
NVD: CVE-2017-5244

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