CVE-2017-5264 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Versions of Nexpose prior to 6.4.66 fail to adequately validate the source of HTTP requests intended for the Automated Actions administrative web application, and are susceptible to a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack.

Published: 2017-12-14

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Rapid7

Nexpose

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.4.65 and prior`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-14369	Versions of Nexpose prior to 6.4.66 fail to adequately validate the source of HTTP requests intended for the Automated Actions administrative web application, and are susceptible to a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00335.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102208
https://help.rapid7.com/nexpose/en-us/release-notes/archive/2017/12/#6.4.66
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43911/

History

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Subscriptions

Rapid7 Nexpose

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: rapid7

Published: 2017-12-14T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:55:35.785Z

Reserved: 2017-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5264

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-14T21:29:00.270

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-5264

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-352

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