Focus on pfsense vulnerabilities and metrics.
Last updated: 08 Mar 2025, 23:25 UTC
This page consolidates all known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) associated with pfsense. We track both calendar-based metrics (using fixed periods) and rolling metrics (using gliding windows) to give you a comprehensive view of security trends and risk evolution. Use these insights to assess risk and plan your patching strategy.
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Total pfsense CVEs: 13
Earliest CVE date: 03 Jan 2012, 19:55 UTC
Latest CVE date: 09 Nov 2023, 22:15 UTC
Latest CVE reference: CVE-2023-29975
30-day Count (Rolling): 0
365-day Count (Rolling): 0
Calendar-based Variation
Calendar-based Variation compares a fixed calendar period (e.g., this month versus the same month last year), while Rolling Growth Rate uses a continuous window (e.g., last 30 days versus the previous 30 days) to capture trends independent of calendar boundaries.
Month Variation (Calendar): 0%
Year Variation (Calendar): -100.0%
Month Growth Rate (30-day Rolling): 0.0%
Year Growth Rate (365-day Rolling): -100.0%
Average CVSS: 3.71
Max CVSS: 9.0
Critical CVEs (≥9): 2
| Range | Count |
|---|---|
| 0.0-3.9 | 7 |
| 4.0-6.9 | 9 |
| 7.0-8.9 | 1 |
| 9.0-10.0 | 2 |
These are the five CVEs with the highest CVSS scores for pfsense, sorted by severity first and recency.
An issue discovered in Pfsense CE version 2.6.0 allows attackers to change the password of any user without verification.
An issue discovered in Pfsense CE version 2.6.0 allows attackers to compromise user accounts via weak password requirements.
Pfsense CE version 2.6.0 is vulnerable to No rate limit which can lead to an attacker creating multiple malicious users in firewall.
Directory Traversal vulnerability found in Pfsense v.2.1.3 and Pfsense Suricata v.1.4.6 pkg v.1.0.1 allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information via the file parameter to suricata/suricata_logs_browser.php.
Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts in the SSHGuard component of Netgate pfSense Plus software v22.05.1 and pfSense CE software v2.6.0 allows attackers to bypass brute force protection mechanisms via crafted web requests.
pfSense v2.5.2 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the browser.php component. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a file name.
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in pfSense CE and pfSense Plus (pfSense CE software versions 2.5.2 and earlier, and pfSense Plus software versions 21.05 and earlier) allows a remote attacker to inject an arbitrary script via a malicious URL.
Directory traversal vulnerability in pfSense-pkg-WireGuard pfSense-pkg-WireGuard 0.1.5 versions prior to 0.1.5_4 and pfSense-pkg-WireGuard 0.1.6 versions prior to 0.1.6_1 allows a remote authenticated attacker to lead a pfSense user to view a file outside the public folder.
diag_routes.php in pfSense 2.5.2 allows sed data injection. Authenticated users are intended to be able to view data about the routes set in the firewall. The data is retrieved by executing the netstat utility, and then its output is parsed via the sed utility. Although the common protection mechanisms against command injection (i.e., the usage of the escapeshellarg function for the arguments) are used, it is still possible to inject sed-specific code and write an arbitrary file in an arbitrary location.
/usr/local/www/pkg.php in pfSense CE before 2.6.0 and pfSense Plus before 22.01 uses $_REQUEST['pkg_filter'] in a PHP echo call, causing XSS.
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in pfSense 2.4.5-p1 which allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary web scripts via exploitation of the load_balancer_monitor.php function.
pfSense 2.5.0 allows XSS via the services_wol_edit.php Description field.
pfSense before 2.3 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands via a '|' character in the status_rrd_graph_img.php graph parameter, related to _rrd_graph_img.php.
Multiple open redirect vulnerabilities in the Suricata package before 1.0.6 for pfSense through 2.1.4 allow remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via (1) the referer parameter to suricata_rules_flowbits.php or (2) the returl parameter to suricata_select_alias.php.
Multiple open redirect vulnerabilities in the Snort package before 3.0.13 for pfSense through 2.1.4 allow remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via (1) the referer parameter to snort_rules_flowbits.php or (2) the returl parameter to snort_select_alias.php.
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in suricata_select_alias.php in the Suricata package before 1.0.6 for pfSense through 2.1.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified variables.
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Snort package before 3.0.13 for pfSense through 2.1.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the eng parameter to snort_import_aliases.php or (2) unspecified variables to snort_select_alias.php.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in status_rrd_graph.php in pfSense before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the style parameter.
etc/inc/certs.inc in the PKI implementation in pfSense before 2.0.1 creates each X.509 certificate with a true value for the CA basic constraint, which allows remote attackers to create sub-certificates for arbitrary subjects by leveraging the private key.