CVE-2023-0599 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Rapid7 Metasploit Pro versions 4.21.2 and lower suffer from a stored cross site scripting vulnerability, due to a lack of JavaScript request string sanitization. Using this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary HTML and script code in the target browser against another Metasploit Pro user using a specially crafted request. Note that in most deployments, all Metasploit Pro users tend to enjoy privileges equivalent to local administrator.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00378.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Rapid7	Metasploit

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12637	Rapid7 Metasploit Pro versions 4.21.2 and lower suffer from a stored cross site scripting vulnerability, due to a lack of JavaScript request string sanitization. Using this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary HTML and script code in the target browser against another Metasploit Pro user using a specially crafted request. Note that in most deployments, all Metasploit Pro users tend to enjoy privileges equivalent to local administrator.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/metasploit/20230130/

History

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: rapid7

Published: 2023-02-01T22:13:54.609Z

Updated: 2025-03-25T19:28:44.145Z

Reserved: 2023-01-31T17:28:37.548Z

Link: CVE-2023-0599

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:17:50.108Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-01T23:15:09.407

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:37:27.917

Link: CVE-2023-0599

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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