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Vulnerability · Published May 14, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2024-57273

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Netgate pfSense CE (prior to 2.8.0 beta release) and corresponding Plus builds is vulnerable to Cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Automatic Configuration Backup (ACB) service, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript, delete backups, or leak sensitive information via an unsanitized "reason" field and a derivable device key generated from the public SSH key.

Affected products (as reported)

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Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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