What is CVE-2023-29973?

CVE-2023-29973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pfsense, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2023-10-25.

How severe is CVE-2023-29973?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Pfsense

CVE-2023-29973

Pfsense CE version 2.6.0 is vulnerable to No rate limit which can lead to an attacker creating multiple malicious users in firewall.

EPSS: 0.016 (73.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Pfsense — versions 2.6.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-29973?: CVE-2023-29973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pfsense, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2023-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2023-29973?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.