Metasploit Wrap-Up 04/03/2026

2026-04-04T07:23:45Z183cdb457f94a6580af912c862ed7eb9ceb140f3810f3d36a1b7be9fc202f1b9
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What happened

Rapid7 published multiple security updates and research in late Mar–Apr 2026: Metasploit added several new HTTP/HTTPS CMD payloads and exploit modules enabling unauthenticated RCE (notably FreeScout .htaccess ZWSP bypass and Grav CMS RCE), a generic multi/http/os_cmd_exec module for HTTP-to-system command execution (can yield Meterpreter), and a new Windows persistence technique abusing HKCU\Environment\UserInitMprLogonScript. Additional Metasploit improvements include enhanced SMB NTLM relaying (RubySMB client changes) and new auxiliary/exploit modules (ESC/POS printer command injection and E

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

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2026-04-04T07:23:45Z
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Yes

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