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CVE-2017-5244

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5244 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Metasploit versions prior to 4.14.0 (Update 2017061301). This flaw allowed GET requests to stop Metasploit tasks, enabling an attacker to terminate running tasks if an authenticated user executed malicious JavaScript. With a CVSS score of 3.5 (Low), the vulnerability requires user interaction and authenticated access, leading to a low impact of denial of service (task termination). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.13.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.5LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0072 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 406 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

community.rapid7.com / community/metasploit/blog/2017/06/15/r7-2017-16-cve-2017-5244-lack-of-csrf-protection-for-stopping-tasks-in-metasploit-pro-express-and-community-editions-fixed
ExploitVDB EntryVendor Advisory
seekurity.com / blog/general/metasploit-web-project-kill-all-running-tasks-csrf-CVE-2017-5244
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99082
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry