CVE-2020-10797
MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: April 29, 2020 at 01:29 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorpfSense
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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/2-4-5-new-features-and-changes.htmlx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/cc3990a334059018b004c91eeb66c147d8afe83dx_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/10355CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79
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