Metasploit Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability - Linux

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:rapid7:metasploit";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.811587");
  script_version("2023-07-14T16:09:27+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-5244");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-14 16:09:27 +0000 (Fri, 14 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-09 23:28:00 +0000 (Wed, 09 Oct 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-08-30 17:12:23 +0530 (Wed, 30 Aug 2017)");
  script_name("Metasploit Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability - Linux");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Metasploit is prone to a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to absence of csrf
  verification for GET requests so that the stop action could be triggered
  through GET requests, an attacker able to trick an authenticated user to
  request a URL which runs JavaScript could trigger the same action.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation of this vulnerability
  will allow a remote attacker to perform certain unauthorized actions in the
  context of the affected application. Other attacks are also possible.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Metasploit before 4.14.0 (Update 2017061301)");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to the latest version Metasploit 4.14.0
  (Update 2017061301) or above.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.seekurity.com/blog/general/metasploit-web-project-kill-all-running-tasks-csrf-CVE-2017-5244");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99082");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://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");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_metasploit_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Metasploit/Linux/Ver");
  exit(0);
}


include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!appVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
  exit(0);
}

if(version_is_less(version:appVer, test_version:"4.14.0"))
{
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:appVer, fixed_version:"4.14.0 (Update 2017061301)");
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}
exit(0);