Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Netgate pfSense Plus software versions <= 26.03 pfSense CE software versions <= 2.8.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the captive_portal_status.widget.php file
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Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Title Cross‑Site Scripting in pfSense Captive Portal Status Widget Enables Remote Code Execution

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 04 Sep 2026 23:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Netgate
Netgate pfsense
Vendors & Products Netgate
Netgate pfsense

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:30:00 +0000

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Title Cross‑Site Scripting in pfSense Captive Portal Status Widget Enables Remote Code Execution
Weaknesses CWE-79

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Description Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Netgate pfSense Plus software versions <= 26.03 pfSense CE software versions <= 2.8.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the captive_portal_status.widget.php file
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-14T13:14:13.585Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-78849

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-14T13:13:54.570Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-04T17:16:58.140

Modified: 2026-09-14T14:17:09.903

Link: CVE-2026-78849

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-21T06:15:10Z

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