CVE-2017-5264
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.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 2.7%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.75% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 28 January 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Affected
- rapid7/nexpose
- Source
- cve@rapid7.com
EPSS 2.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102208Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://help.rapid7.com/nexpose/en-us/release-notes/archive/2017/12/#6.4.66Release Notes
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43911/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102208Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://help.rapid7.com/nexpose/en-us/release-notes/archive/2017/12/#6.4.66Release Notes
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43911/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.