PT-2015-5700 · Netgate · Pfsense

Published 2015-04-01 · Updated 2019-05-30 · CVE-2015-2294

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions pfSense versions prior to 2.2.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via various parameters in different PHP files, including status captiveportal.php, firewall rules.php, firewall shaper.php, services unbound acls.php, and diag logs filter.php. The vulnerable parameters include zone, if, dragtable, queue, id, filterlogentries time, filterlogentries sourceipaddress, filterlogentries sourceport, filterlogentries destinationipaddress, filterlogentries interfaces, filterlogentries destinationport, filterlogentries protocolflags, and filterlogentries qty.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.2.1, update to version 2.2.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the WebGUI and limiting user input to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the vulnerable parameters in the affected API endpoints until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-2294

Affected Products

Pfsense

References · 7

• 🔥 https://htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23251 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131022/pfSense-2.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/36506 · Exploit
• https://pfsense.org/security/advisories/pfSense-SA-15_03.webgui.asc · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2294 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/73344 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/534987/100/0/threaded · Note