CVE•Published 2020-09-01•Modified 2026-10-23•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2019-5645Rapid7 · Metasploit
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS percentile
99
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 1% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
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.
Timeline
Published 2020-09-01
Modified 2026-10-23
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2019-5645Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Rapid7 Metasploit"All exposed Rapid7 Metasploit instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Metasploit"HTTP body or banner mentions "Metasploit" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2019-5645Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2019-5645Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2019-5645Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2019-5645GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2019-5645" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.