MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2015-2294

Pfsense vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
24.0%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the WebGUI in pfSense before 2.2.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) zone parameter to status_captiveportal.php; (2) if or (3) dragtable parameter to firewall_rules.php; (4) queue parameter in an add action to firewall_shaper.php; (5) id parameter in an edit action to services_unbound_acls.php; or (6) filterlogentries_time, (7) filterlogentries_sourceipaddress, (8) filterlogentries_sourceport, (9) filterlogentries_destinationipaddress, (10) filterlogentries_interfaces, (11) filterlogentries_destinationport, (12) filterlogentries_protocolflags, or (13) filterlogentries_qty parameter to diag_logs_filter.php.
Affected vendor
Netgate
Affected product
Pfsense
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2015-04-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 24.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-2294

  • Confirm whether Netgate Pfsense is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-2294.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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