XSS in Ipfire
CVE-2025-34305
IPFire versions prior to 2.29 (Core Update 198) contain multiple stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities caused by a bug in the cleanhtml() function (/var/ipfire/header.pl) that fails to apply HTML-entity encoding to user input. When an authenticated user submits data to affected endpoints - for example, POST /cgi-bin/wakeonlan.cgi (CLIENT_COMMENT), /cgi-bin/dhcp.cgi (ADVOPT_DATA, FIX_REMARK, FIX_FILENAME, FIX_ROOTPATH), /cgi-bin/connscheduler.cgi (ACTION_COMMENT), /cgi-bin/dnsforward.cgi (REMARK), /cgi-bin/vpnmain.cgi (REMARK), or /cgi-bin/dns.cgi (REMARK) - the application calls escape() and HTML::Entities::encode_entities() but never assigns the sanitized result back to the output variable. The original unsanitized value is therefore stored and later rendered in the web interface without proper sanitation or encoding, allowing injected scripts to execute in the context of other users who view the affected entries.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (39.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Ipfire — versions 2.29
- Ipfire.org Ipfire — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ipfire.org/blog/ipfire-2-29-core-update-198-released (vendor-advisory, Release Notes, patch)
- bugzilla.ipfire.org/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ipfire-stored-xss-via-multiple-methods-in-cleanhtml (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-34305?
- CVE-2025-34305 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ipfire, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-10-28.
- How severe is CVE-2025-34305?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.