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CVE-2023-27253

A command injection vulnerability in the function restore_rrddata() of Netgate pfSense v2.7.0 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands via manipulating the contents of an XML file supplied to the component config.xml.

EXPLOITHIGH 8.8EPSS 89.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 89.5%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

A command injection vulnerability in the function restore_rrddata() of Netgate pfSense v2.7.0 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands via manipulating the contents of an XML file supplied to the component config.xml.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
89.50% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 20 July 2023
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-91
Affected
netgate/pfsense
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%45%90%8 October 2026: 89.50%8 October 20268 October 2026

EPSS 89.5% since 8 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-51608source ↗pfSense v2.7.0 - OS Command Injectionphp · Emir Polatwebapps20 July 2023no

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.