CVE-2022-42247
MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: October 3, 2022 at 03:31 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:04 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPfsense
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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
pfSense v2.5.2 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the browser.php component. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a file name.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gist.github.com/enferas/b4ca7a4fb52e1b5e698f87e4d655a70ax_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/73ca6743954ac9f35ca293e3f2af63eac20cf32eCVSS
- 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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