CVE-2017-5264 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Vendors	Products
Rapid7	Nexpose

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: rapid7

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

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

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

Link: CVE-2017-5264

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-5264

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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