6.1

CVE-2020-10797: netgate pfsense Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumModified
Published 29-04-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-10797 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in netgate pfsense. EPSS estimates a 2.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.39%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 29-04-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.39% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.39%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Netgate1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links