CVE-2020-19203
MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: July 12, 2021 at 03:39 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:59 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorpfSense
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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
An authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in widgets/widgets/wake_on_lan_widget.php, a component of the pfSense software WebGUI, on version 2.4.4-p2 and earlier. The widget did not encode the descr (description) parameter of wake-on-LAN entries in its output, leading to a possible stored XSS.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/2-4-4-p3.htmlx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gist.github.com/dharmeshbaskaran/55d546496bfb0ba28117e846d8b785dbx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.netgate.com/assets/downloads/advisories/pfSense-SA-19_04.webgui.ascx_refsource_MISCProductRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.pfsense.org/download/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79
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