What is CVE-2025-53392?

CVE-2025-53392 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgate Pfsense, classified under Absolute Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2025-06-28.

How severe is CVE-2025-53392?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-53392 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Netgate Pfsense

CVE-2025-53392

In Netgate pfSense CE 2.8.0, the "WebCfg - Diagnostics: Command" privilege allows reading arbitrary files via diag_command.php dlPath directory traversal. NOTE: the Supplier's perspective is that this is intended behavior for this privileg…

EPSS: 0.018 (75.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Netgate Pfsense — versions 2.8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-36 — Absolute Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/skraft9/pfsense-security-research

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-53392?: CVE-2025-53392 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgate Pfsense, classified under Absolute Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2025-06-28.
How severe is CVE-2025-53392?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-53392 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.