PT-2015-7272 · Netgate · Pfsense

Nicholas Starke · Published 2015-08-18 · Updated 2019-05-30 · CVE-2015-6508

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 2.2.3

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the descr parameter in a "new" action to "system authservers.php" API endpoint.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.2.3, update to version 2.2.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "system authservers.php" endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the descr parameter in the affected endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-6508

Affected Products

Pfsense

References · 3

• https://pfsense.org/security/advisories/pfSense-SA-15_06.webgui.asc · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6508 · Security Note
• https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/4698 · Note