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

Exp

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.

Published: 2020-06-25 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-7355 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.43%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2020-7355

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-7355

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.48% 0.43% -0.06%
2 2025-11-18 0.43% 0.48% +0.06%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.43% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-7355

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 0.9 5.2 [email protected]
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-7355

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-7355

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rapid7 metasploit < 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:-:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20170221:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20170323:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20170405:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20170419:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20170510:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20170518:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20170530:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20170613:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20170627:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20170718:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20170731:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20170816:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20170828:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20170914:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20170926:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20171009:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20171030:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20171115:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20171129:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20171206:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20171220:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180108:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180124:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180206:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180301:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180312:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180327:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180410:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180501:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180511:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180526:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180618:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180704:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180716:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180727:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180813:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180827:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180907:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20180924:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20181009:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20181022:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20181105:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20181130:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20181215:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190108:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190118:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190201:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190219:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190303:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190319:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190331:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190416:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190426:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190513:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190603:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190607:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190626:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190722:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190805:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190819:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190910:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20190930:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20191014:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20191030:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20191108:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20191209:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20200113:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20200122:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20200131:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20200218:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20200302:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20200318:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20200330:*:*:pro:*:*:*
rapid7 metasploit 4.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.17.1:20200413:*:*:pro:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-7355

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