CVE-2026-56127 PUBLISHED

pfSense Plus < 26.07 / CE < 2.9.0 Stored XSS via firewall_rules_edit.php

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 18.06.2026 Published: 03.09.2026 Updated: 03.09.2026

pfSense Plus before 26.07 and CE before 2.9.0 allow authenticated users with the Firewall: Rules: Edit privilege to inject arbitrary JavaScript via the descr parameter in /firewall_rules_edit.php. The firewall rule description is stored in the pfSense XML configuration with only backslash-escaping applied and no HTML sanitization, then rendered without encoding in the firewall log table in /status_logs_filter.php. The payload executes in the browser of any user with the Status: Logs: Firewall privilege who views the affected log entries.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CVSS Score: 5.1

Product Status

Vendor Netgate
Product pfSense Plus
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 26.07 (excl.)
Vendor Netgate
Product pfSense CE
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to 2.9.0 (excl.)

Credits

  • Alex Williams from Pellera Technologies finder
  • VulnCheck coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE