pfSense CE/Plus WebGUI cross site scripting

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.7$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in pfSense CE and Plus. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component WebGUI. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-29273. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in pfSense CE and Plus (Firewall Software) (the affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component WebGUI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

pfSense CE through 2.6.0 and pfSense Plus before 22.05 allow XSS in the WebGUI via URL Table Alias URL parameters.

The weakness was disclosed 02/23/2023 as 13060. The advisory is shared for download at redmine.pfsense.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-29273 since 04/15/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at docs.netgate.com.

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

License

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.1
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: docs.netgate.com

Timelineinfo

04/15/2022 🔍
02/23/2023 +314 days 🔍
02/23/2023 +0 days 🔍
11/10/2023 +260 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 13060
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-29273 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-29273
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-221672

Entryinfo

Created: 02/23/2023 08:02
Updated: 11/10/2023 16:11
Changes: 02/23/2023 08:02 (40), 03/24/2023 11:28 (11), 11/10/2023 16:11 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Discussion

 Anonymous User (+0)
3 years ago
Good afternoon,
Could you also align the api instance with the web instance?
We would appreciate it very much.
Best regards,
CERT Team
 VulDB Community Team3 years ago
Thank you, we have just pushed the new CPE to the API.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you need the next level of professionalism?

Upgrade your account now!