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CVE-2026-67189

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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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  "id": "CVE-2026-67189",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-08-19T20:17:20.740",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T10:10:00.140",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
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    },
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      "value": "pfSense Plus anterior a 26.07 y pfSense CE hasta 2.8.1 contienen una vulnerabilidad de cross-site scripting almacenado en la función Traffic Graphs top-talkers, donde los registros PTR devueltos por las búsquedas DNS inversas se incorporan sin sanitización en las respuestas AJAX y se renderizan como HTML a través de un DOM sink en la interfaz de administrador. Un atacante que controla un registro PTR y genera suficiente tráfico para aparecer como un top talker puede ejecutar JavaScript arbitrario en el navegador de un administrador, obteniendo acceso al contexto de la sesión autenticada y acceso de mismo origen a la interfaz de gestión del cortafuegos, lo que permite la creación de cuentas y la ejecución arbitraria de comandos del sistema operativo."
    }
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  "affected": [
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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",
      "source": "[email protected]"
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      "url": "https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/26-07.html",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pfsense-plus-ce-stored-xss-via-traffic-graphs-ptr-record",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}