PT-2025-36957 · Netgate · Pfsense Ce

Alex Williams · Published 2025-09-09 · Updated 2025-10-10 · CVE-2025-34178

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: pfSense CE (affected versions not specified)

Description: The policy name parameter in /suricata/suricata app parsers.php is not properly sanitized to remove HTML-related strings and characters before being displayed. This can lead to stored cross-site scripting (XSS). An attacker must be authenticated with at least “WebCfg - Services: suricata package” permissions to exploit this issue.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-34178

Affected Products

Pfsense Ce

References · 7

• https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/97852ccfd201b24ee542be30af81272485fde0b4 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-34178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-34178 · Security Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pf-sense-ce-suricata-package-stored-xss · Note
• https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/16414 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/138228 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1965557713389162541 · Twitter Post