{"id":"CVE-2019-8953","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-8953","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T03:18:41.982Z","title":"The HAProxy package before 0.59_16 for pfSense has XSS via the desc (aka Description) or table_actionsaclN parameter, related to haproxy_listeners.php and haproxy_listeners_edit.php.","description":"The HAProxy package before 0.59_16 for pfSense has XSS via the desc (aka Description) or table_actionsaclN parameter, related to haproxy_listeners.php and haproxy_listeners_edit.php.","published":"2019-02-20T16:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:42:51.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["netgate/haproxy"],"epss":{"score":0.52236,"percentile":0.98962,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.78349,"percentile":0.99574},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.52236,"percentile":0.98908}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2019-03-13","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":46538,"kind":"exploit","title":"pfSense 2.4.4-p1 (HAProxy Package 0.59_14) - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46538","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/46538.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/46538.txt","published":"2019-03-13","added":"2019-03-13","updated":"2019-03-13","author":"Gionathan Reale","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":443,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2019-8953"],"tags":"Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 52.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.52236,"from":0.78349,"percentile":0.98908},"summary":"EPSS moved from 78.3% to 52.2% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."},{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.78349,"from":0.52236,"percentile":0.99574},"summary":"EPSS moved from 52.2% to 78.3% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2019020153","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/2dded47b3202dfdf89aa96f84bf701b3d5acbe6c","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/3b40366aca55910b224ecf49d3fdacc9ad6c04f5","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9335","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46538/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2019020153","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/2dded47b3202dfdf89aa96f84bf701b3d5acbe6c","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/3b40366aca55910b224ecf49d3fdacc9ad6c04f5","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9335","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46538/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8953","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}