What is CVE-2020-10797?

CVE-2020-10797 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgate Pfsense, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-04-29.

How severe is CVE-2020-10797?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Netgate Pfsense

CVE-2020-10797

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.023 (81.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Netgate Pfsense
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10797?: CVE-2020-10797 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgate Pfsense, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-04-29.
How severe is CVE-2020-10797?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.