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CVE-2020-7355: Rapid7 Metasploit Pro Stored XSS in 'notes' field

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-06-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 'notes' field of a discovered scan asset in Rapid7 Metasploit Pro allows an attacker with a specially-crafted network service of a scan target store an XSS sequence in the Metasploit Pro console, which will trigger when the operator views the record of that scanned host in the Metasploit Pro interface. This issue affects Rapid7 Metasploit Pro version 4.17.1-20200427 and prior versions, and is fixed in Metasploit Pro version 4.17.1-20200514. See also CVE-2020-7354, which describes a similar issue, but involving the generated 'host' field of a discovered scan asset.

Affected products

• Rapid7 Metasploit Framework: before 4.17.1; 4.17.1, 4.17.1-20170221, 4.17.1-20170323, 4.17.1-20170405, 4.17.1-20170419, 4.17.1-20170510 (+69) — fixed in 4.17.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Rapid7 Metasploit Framework 4.17.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://avalz.it/research/metasploit-pro-xss-to-rce/
• https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/archive/2020/05/#20200514
• https://avalz.it/research/metasploit-pro-xss-to-rce/
• https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/archive/2020/05/#20200514

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