Rapid7 Metasploit Pro Stored XSS in 'notes' field
CVE-2020-7355

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Rapid7

Status
Metasploit Pro
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 June 2020

What is CVE-2020-7355?

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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Affected Version(s)

Metasploit Pro 4.17.1-20200427

References

https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/archive/...
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https://avalz.it/research/metasploit-pro-xss-to-rce/
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Andrea Valenza at the University of Genoa discovered and reported this issue to Rapid7
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