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CVE-2020-7355

Rapid7 Metasploit Pro Stored XSS in 'notes' field

Published: Jun 25, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79
6.1MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 45.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 'notes' field of a discovered scan asset in Rapid7 Metasploit Pro allows an attacker with a specially-crafted network service of a scan target store an XSS sequence in the Metasploit Pro console, which will trigger when the operator views the record of that scanned host in the Metasploit Pro interface. This issue affects Rapid7 Metasploit Pro version 4.17.1-20200427 and prior versions, and is fixed in Metasploit Pro version 4.17.1-20200514. See also CVE-2020-7354, which describes a similar issue, but involving the generated 'host' field of a discovered scan asset.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

Rapid7
commercial·USaka metasploit, rapid7 nexpose, rapid7 velociraptor
metasploitOn-premSecurity Product
Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
Metasploit ProOn-premWeb App
Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://avalz.it/research/metasploit-pro-xss-to-rce/
avalz.it
https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/archive/2020/05/#20200514
help.rapid7.com

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