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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2026-56127 EUVD-2026-70496GHSA-3c8g-23wp-3mx8

pfSense Plus < 26.07 / CE < 2.9.0 Stored XSS via firewall_rules_edit.php

Published Sep 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 1, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

pfSense Plus before 26.07 and CE before 2.9.0 allow authenticated users with the Firewall: Rules: Edit privilege to inject arbitrary JavaScript via the descr parameter in /firewall_rules_edit.php. The firewall rule description is stored in the pfSense XML configuration with only backslash-escaping applied and no HTML sanitization, then rendered without encoding in the firewall log table in /status_logs_filter.php. The payload executes in the browser of any user with the Status: Logs: Firewall privilege who views the affected log entries.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Netgate pfSense Plus < 26.07 26.07
Netgate pfSense CE < 2.9.0 2.9.0

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