FKIE_CVE-2020-10797

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-04-29 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:48
Severity
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
An XSS vulnerability resides in the hostname field of the diag_ping.php page in pfsense before 2.4.5 version. After passing inputs to the command and executing this command, the $result variable is not sanitized before it is printed.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/2-4-5-new-features-and-changes.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/cc3990a334059018b004c91eeb66c147d8afe83dPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/10355Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/2-4-5-new-features-and-changes.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/cc3990a334059018b004c91eeb66c147d8afe83dPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/10355Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
netgate pfsense *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T02:48:27.387",
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