Medium6.1Netgate pfSense

Medium [CVE-2019-8953] The HAProxy package before 0.59_16 for pfSense has XSS

This medium-severity Netgate pfSense advisory covers CVE-2019-8953 affecting pfSense.

CVE-2019-8953 Published Feb 20, 2019Updated by vendor Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-8953

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Summary

The HAProxy package before 0.59_16 for pfSense has XSS via the desc (aka Description) or table_actionsaclN parameter, related to haproxy_listeners.php and haproxy_listeners_edit.php.

Affected versions

before 0.59_16

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Fixed versions

0.59

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Mitigation

Upgrade to a fixed release: 0.59. That is the remediation for this advisory.

The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

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