CVE-2026-67189
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
pfSense Plus before 26.07 and pfSense CE through 2.8.1 contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Traffic Graphs top-talkers feature, where PTR records returned by reverse DNS lookups are incorporated without sanitization into AJAX responses and rendered as HTML through a DOM sink in the administrator interface. An attacker who controls a PTR record and generates sufficient traffic to appear as a top talker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in an administrator's browser, gaining access to the authenticated session context and same-origin access to the firewall management interface, enabling account creation and arbitrary OS command execution.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-19 20:17:20.740000
Last modified
2026-10-26 10:10:00.140000
View original CVE JSON
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"published": "2026-08-19T20:17:20.740",
"lastModified": "2026-10-26T10:10:00.140",
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"url": "https://docs.netgate.com/downloads/pfSense-SA-26_21.webgui.asc",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/2-9-0.html",
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