Medium5.4Netgate pfSense

Medium [CVE-2020-19203] pfSense: authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in widgets/widgets/wake_on_lan_widget.php, a component of…

This medium-severity Netgate pfSense advisory covers CVE-2020-19203 affecting pfSense.

CVE-2020-19203 Published Jul 12, 2021Updated by vendor Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-19203

Affected products & platforms

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Summary

An authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in widgets/widgets/wake_on_lan_widget.php, a component of the pfSense software WebGUI, on version 2.4.4-p2 and earlier. The widget did not encode the descr (description) parameter of wake-on-LAN entries in its output, leading to a possible stored XSS.

Affected versions

2.4.4-p2

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

Fixed versions

No fixed release is recorded yet. That does not prove no patch exists — confirm against the vendor advisory.

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

Mitigation

The source record does not include mitigation steps. That is not a statement that no fix exists — read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.

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

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