CVE-2020-21487 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability found in Netgate pfSense 2.4.4 and ACME package v.0.6.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the RootFolder field of acme_certificates.php.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00528.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Netgate	Pfsense Pfsense Acme Package

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense:2.4.4:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense_acme_package:0.6.3:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-14258	Cross Site Scripting vulnerability found in Netgate pfSense 2.4.4 and ACME package v.0.6.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the RootFolder field of acme_certificates.php.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/a6f443cde51e7fcf17e51f16014d3589253284d8
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9888

History

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T16:36:13.194Z

Reserved: 2020-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-21487

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T14:30:33.492Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-04T15:15:08.147

Modified: 2025-02-13T17:15:25.783

Link: CVE-2020-21487

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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