Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-7354 · published 25 June 2020

CVE-2020-7354: Rapid7 metasploit cross-site scripting vulnerability

Rapid7 · Metasploit

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 'host' field of a discovered scan asset in Rapid7 Metasploit Pro allows an attacker with a specially-crafted network service of a scan target to 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-2020-7355, which describes a similar issue, but involving the generated 'notes' field of a discovered scan asset.

5.4 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.88% · top 42.3% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting

5.4CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.3

0.88%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

4References, 2 tagged exploit

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Metasploit Rapid7

References

Link	Tags
https://avalz.it/research/metasploit-pro-xss-to-rce/	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/archive/2020/05/#20200514	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://avalz.it/research/metasploit-pro-xss-to-rce/	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/archive/2020/05/#20200514	Release NotesVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-7354), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-02). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.