Medium severity · published Oct 3, 2022
CVE-2022-42247
pfSense v2.5.2 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the browser.php component
6.1
CVSS
3.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
pfSense v2.5.2 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the browser.php component. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a file name.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.3% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PF
Pfsense · Pfsense
2.5.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42247
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42247
Exploit
https://gist.github.com/enferas/b4ca7a4fb52e1b5e698f87e4d655a70a
Patch
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/73ca6743954ac9f35ca293e3f2af63eac20cf32e
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