CVE-2022-42247 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2022-10-03

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 2.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pfsense:pfsense:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45323	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02524.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://gist.github.com/enferas/b4ca7a4fb52e1b5e698f87e4d655a70a
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/73ca6743954ac9f35ca293e3f2af63eac20cf32e

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Pfsense Pfsense

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-03T15:31:48.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:03:45.586Z

Reserved: 2022-10-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42247

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-03T16:15:14.727

Modified: 2026-06-17T05:04:34.680

Link: CVE-2022-42247

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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