What is CVE-2024-57273?

CVE-2024-57273 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgate Pfsense_ce, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2024-57273?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Netgate Pfsense_ce

CVE-2024-57273

Netgate pfSense CE (prior to 2.8.0 beta release) and corresponding Plus builds is vulnerable to Cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Automatic Configuration Backup (ACB) service, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript, dele…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Product)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-57273?: CVE-2024-57273 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgate Pfsense_ce, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2024-57273?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.