CVE-2020-10797
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.024 · 84 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (2)
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references (10)
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- https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/2-4-5-new-features-and-changes.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/cc3990a334059018b004c91eeb66c147d8afe83dcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10797cnnvd
- https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/10355cnnvd
- https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/2-4-5-new-features-and-changes.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/cc3990a334059018b004c91eeb66c147d8afe83denisa_euvd
- https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/10355enisa_euvd
- https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/2-4-5-new-features-and-changes.htmlRelease NotesVendor Advisorynvd
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