CVE-2015-6510: netgate pfsense Cross-site Scripting

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-6510 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in netgate pfsense. EPSS estimates a 2.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 18-08-2015
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in pfSense before 2.2.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) srctrack, (2) use_mfs_tmp_size, or (3) use_mfs_var_size parameter to system_advanced_misc.php; the (4) port, (5) snaplen, or (6) count parameter to diag_packet_capture.php; the (7) pppoe_resethour, (8) pppoe_resetminute, (9) wpa_group_rekey, or (10) wpa_gmk_rekey parameter to interfaces.php; the (11) pppoe_resethour or (12) pppoe_resetminute parameter to interfaces_ppps_edit.php; the (13) member[] parameter to interfaces_qinq_edit.php; the (14) port or (15) retry parameter to load_balancer_pool_edit.php; the (16) pkgrepourl parameter to pkg_mgr_settings.php; the (17) zone parameter to services_captiveportal.php; the port parameter to (18) services_dnsmasq.php or (19) services_unbound.php; the (20) cache_max_ttl or (21) cache_min_ttl parameter to services_unbound_advanced.php; the (22) sshport parameter to system_advanced_admin.php; the (23) id, (24) tunable, (25) descr, or (26) value parameter to system_advanced_sysctl.php; the (27) firmwareurl, (28) repositoryurl, or (29) branch parameter to system_firmware_settings.php; the (30) pfsyncpeerip, (31) synchronizetoip, (32) username, or (33) passwordfld parameter to system_hasync.php; the (34) maxmss parameter to vpn_ipsec_settings.php; the (35) ntp_server1, (36) ntp_server2, (37) wins_server1, or (38) wins_server2 parameter to vpn_openvpn_csc.php; or unspecified parameters to (39) load_balancer_relay_action.php, (40) load_balancer_relay_action_edit.php, (41) load_balancer_relay_protocol.php, or (42) load_balancer_relay_protocol_edit.php.

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.