CVE-2017-5264 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Rapid7 Nexpose versions prior to 6.4.66, stemming from inadequate validation of HTTP request sources for the Automated Actions administrative web application. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, requiring user interaction but potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.4.66CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.