Critical9.8Netgate pfSense
pfSense: issue was discovered in pfSense through 2.4.4-p3.
CVE-2019-16915 Published Sep 26, 2019Updated by vendor Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-16915
Affected products & platforms
Netgate pfSenseUnclassified
Summary
An issue was discovered in pfSense through 2.4.4-p3. widgets/widgets/picture.widget.php uses the widgetkey parameter directly without sanitization (e.g., a basename call) for a pathname to file_get_contents or file_put_contents.
Affected versions
- 2.4.4-p3
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 4 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Mitigation steps weren't captured by the parser for this advisory — this is a parsing gap, not a statement that no fix exists. Read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 4 hours ago·verify at source
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