High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 14, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-5264

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.

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Affected products

Rapid7/Nexpose3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <6.4.66
- (no CPE)range: <6.4.66
- (no CPE)range: 6.4.65 and prior

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/102208nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
help.rapid7.com/nexpose/en-us/release-notes/archive/2017/12/nvdRelease Notes
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43911/nvd

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