vulnerability

pfSense: pfSense-SA-17_11.webgui: XSS vulnerability in the WebGUI

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Dec 4, 2017
Added
Dec 18, 2017
Modified
Feb 18, 2025

Description


A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in
status_filter_reload.php, a part of the pfSense software WebGUI, on version
2.3.5 and earlier (2.3.x branch) and on version 2.4.2 and earlier (2.4.x
branch).

On status_filter_reload.php, the "user" parameter was being utilized without
encoding in JavaScript which could be used as an XSS vector.

Due to the lack of proper encoding on the affected variable susceptible to XSS,
arbitrary JavaScript can be executed in the user's browser. The user's session
cookie or other information from the session may be compromised.

Solution

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