9.3

CVE-2024-46538: netgate pfsense Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 9.3v3.1CriticalAnalyzed
Published 22-10-2024Last modified 22-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-46538 is a critical (CVSS 9.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in netgate pfsense. EPSS estimates a 80.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
80.29%
0%100%
Critical · -1.29 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Timeline

  1. 22-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pfsense v2.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the $pconfig variable at interfaces_groups_edit.php.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

80.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

100%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-1.29 pp

From 81.58% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
80.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Web Issue

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Netgate1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links