CVE-2022-42247
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.033 · 88 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
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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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also known as (3)
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references (8)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-42247/cnnvd
- https://gist.github.com/enferas/b4ca7a4fb52e1b5e698f87e4d655a70acnnvd
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/73ca6743954ac9f35ca293e3f2af63eac20cf32ecnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/pfSense-Cross-Site-Scripting-via-browser-php-39454cnnvd
- https://gist.github.com/enferas/b4ca7a4fb52e1b5e698f87e4d655a70aenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/73ca6743954ac9f35ca293e3f2af63eac20cf32eenisa_euvd
- https://gist.github.com/enferas/b4ca7a4fb52e1b5e698f87e4d655a70aExploitPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/73ca6743954ac9f35ca293e3f2af63eac20cf32ePatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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