Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the RSS Widget of Netgate pfSense Plus (versions 26.03, 25.11.1) and pfSense CE (version 2.8.1) allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript via malicious content in an RSS feed title. The injected script executes in the browser of any authenticated user who views the dashboard, due to insufficient sanitization of feed title data before rendering in the widget.
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Sat, 05 Sep 2026 01:45:00 +0000
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Netgate
Netgate pfsense Ce Netgate pfsense Plus |
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Netgate
Netgate pfsense Ce Netgate pfsense Plus |
Fri, 04 Sep 2026 23:15:00 +0000
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| Title | Cross‑Site Scripting via RSS Widget Titles in pfSense | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-79 |
Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000
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| Description | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the RSS Widget of Netgate pfSense Plus (versions 26.03, 25.11.1) and pfSense CE (version 2.8.1) allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript via malicious content in an RSS feed title. The injected script executes in the browser of any authenticated user who views the dashboard, due to insufficient sanitization of feed title data before rendering in the widget. | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-04T16:37:37.314Z
Reserved: 2026-04-06T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2026-38961
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-04T17:16:57.030
Modified: 2026-09-04T17:16:57.030
Link: CVE-2026-38961
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-05T01:30:17Z
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