API Fire Error: authentication failed in {:owner=>BeEF::Extension::Metasploit::API::MetasploitHooks, :id=>12}.post_soft_load()

[ccavxx]

API Fire Error: authentication failed in {:owner=>BeEF::Extension::Metasploit::API::MetasploitHooks, :id=>12}.post_soft_load()

[antisnatchor]

Which version or BeEF and of Metasploit are you using?
Opening issues like this is completely useless...

[bcoles]

BeEF authentication to Metasploit RPC is working with Ruby 2.1.6p336 on Kali with and without SSL.

$ head -1 /etc/issue
Fedora release 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat)
$ cat beef.rc
load msgrpc ServerHost=172.16.191.128 Pass=abc123 SSL=y

$ cat extensions/metasploit/config.yaml 
#
# Copyright (c) 2006-2015 Wade Alcorn - [email protected]
# Browser Exploitation Framework (BeEF) - http://beefproject.com
# See the file 'doc/COPYING' for copying permission
#
# Enable MSF by changing extension:metasploit:enable to true
# Then set msf_callback_host to be the public IP of your MSF server
#
# Ensure you load the xmlrpc interface in Metasploit
# msf > load msgrpc ServerHost=IP Pass=abc123
# Please note that the ServerHost parameter must have the same value of host and callback_host variables here below.
# Also always use the IP of your machine where MSF is listening.
beef:
    extension:
        metasploit:
            name: 'Metasploit'
            enable: true
            host: "172.16.191.12"
            port: 55552
            user: "msf"
            pass: "msfabc123"
            uri: '/api'
            # if you need "ssl: true" make sure you start msfrpcd with "SSL=y", like:
            # load msgrpc ServerHost=IP Pass=abc123 SSL=y
            ssl: true
            ssl_version: 'TLSv1'
            ssl_verify: true
            callback_host: "172.16.191.128"
            autopwn_url: "autopwn"
            auto_msfrpcd: false
            auto_msfrpcd_timeout: 120
            msf_path: [ 
              {os: 'custom', path: '/msf-test/'}
            ]

Closing this issue.

[Iromhide]

I have the same problem. I updated beef and metasploit and the config.yaml file is correct.

[bcoles]

@Iromhide Chances are your config.yaml is not correct.

https://github.com/beefproject/beef/wiki/Configuration#metasploit

There should be more output which indicates the cause of the issue. Can you provide the console output?

[Iromhide]

My config.yaml file of Metasploit (beef-xss/extansions/metasploit) is the following. I saw that the password should be changed every time with the given password.

[bcoles]

@Iromhide it looks like your version of BeEF is old. Also, the SSL configuration is wrong.

ssl_version: 'TLS1'

[Iromhide]

I updated beef with a script I found. Changed the config.yaml files but continue to have the problem.

[David5201]

i also got the problem . but after changed the password of msf the problem is fixed!

[q2dg]

I can confirm it: just changing the default password it works :-S

[jaja83ful]

Might be as simple as not running as root
running as just user gets me this result
#cd /usr/share/beef-xss/
#./beef

running as sudo gets me this result
#cd /usr/share/beef-xss/
#.sudo /beef