Medium [CVE-2022-42247] pfSense: pfSense v2.5.2 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the browser.php component.
This medium-severity Netgate pfSense advisory covers CVE-2022-42247; related products: pfSense.
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Summary
pfSense v2.5.2 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the browser.php component. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a file name.
Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
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