CVE-2019-5645
high-risk
Published 2020-09-01
By sending a specially crafted HTTP GET request to a listening Rapid7 Metasploit HTTP handler, an attacker can register an arbitrary regular expression. When evaluated, this malicious handler can either prevent new HTTP handler sessions from being established, or cause a resource exhaustion on the Metasploit server.
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87.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 12% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 7.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
51
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
26/34 · High
Exploitability
20/34 · Moderate
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal