Vulnerability · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-58391OPNsense: Stored XSS in Firewall Rules/NAT pages via a HTML-attribute breakout
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in core from opnsense. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
OPNsense is a FreeBSD based firewall and routing platform. Prior to version 26.1.11, Firewall Rules and NAT views place stored category names and alias descriptions into HTML title attributes in filter_rule.volt and nat_rule.volt without quote-safe encoding. The response layer uses ENT_NOQUOTES, so a double quote survives and closes the attribute, allowing an event-handler attribute to be added to the existing span. A user with Firewall Categories or Firewall Alias Edit privileges can store a category name or alias description; the category must be assigned to a filter or NAT rule, or the alias must be referenced by a rule source or destination, and the rule must be saved so the affected tooltip is rendered. Script then executes in the session of an administrator or other user who opens the affected Rules or NAT page. The script can access CSRF material and perform authenticated actions as the victim. This issue is fixed in version 26.1.11.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-79, CWE-83 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://github.com/opnsense/core/security/advisories/GHSA-2xrm-p255-p43h x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/opnsense/core/commit/5e6313f50546474031805039e209830b63b2b0e4 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/opnsense/core/commit/fb3b8a07f407ce281b1dde748706acbb0bc514ce x_refsource_MISC
- https://hackerask.com/posts/opnsense x_refsource_MISC