Rapid7 Metasploit Pro Stored XSS in 'notes' field
Published Jun 25, 2020
6.1
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.88%
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.
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- Version 4.17.1-20200427StatusaffectedConstraints<=4.17.1-20200427
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Vendor solution
Update to Metasploit Pro version 4.17.1-20200514 to fix this issue.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
1 other source (CVE.org) ▾
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
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Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
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| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.88% (0.00881) | 57.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.88% (0.00881) | 57.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.11% (0.00112) | 44.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00112) | 43.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00105) | 41.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.56% (0.02561) | 62.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.74% (0.02742) | 62.72th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 46.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (2)
- https://avalz.it/research/metasploit-pro-xss-to-rce/ x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/archive/2020/05/#20200514 x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
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| https://avalz.it/research/metasploit-pro-xss-to-rce/ | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/archive/2020/05/#20200514 | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory |
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