CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-57273

5.4 MEDIUM Published 2025-05-14 Modified 2026-07-05 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2025-05-14
Last modified: 2026-07-05
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses: CWE-79

Description

Netgate pfSense CE (prior to 2.8.0 beta release) and corresponding Plus builds is vulnerable to Cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Automatic Configuration Backup (ACB) service, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript, delete backups, or leak sensitive information via an unsanitized "reason" field and a derivable device key generated from the public SSH key.

Affected configurations

• netgate pfsense ce (< 2.8.0) • netgate pfsense plus (< 25.03)

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References

https://blog.brillantit.com/exploiting-pfsense-xss-command-injection-cloud-hijack/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://docs.netgate.com/downloads/pfSense-SA-25_03.webgui.asc Third Party Advisory
https://www.netgate.com/blog/important-security-updates-for-pfsense-plus-24.11-and-ce-2.7.2 Release Notes

CVE-2024-57273

Description

Affected configurations

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

References