{"id":"CVE-2023-27253","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-27253","generatedAt":"2026-10-23T06:07:49.009Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2023-03-17T22:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:44:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-91"],"affected":["netgate/pfsense"],"epss":{"score":0.89505,"percentile":0.99789,"date":"2026-10-22","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2023-07-20","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":51608,"kind":"exploit","title":"pfSense v2.7.0 - OS Command Injection","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51608","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/51608.rb","file":"exploits/php/webapps/51608.rb","published":"2023-07-20","added":"2023-07-20","updated":"2023-07-20","author":"Emir Polat","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2023-27253"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173487/pfSense-Restore-RRD-Data-Command-Injection.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/ca80d18493f8f91b21933ebd6b714215ae1e5e94","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13935","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173487/pfSense-Restore-RRD-Data-Command-Injection.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/ca80d18493f8f91b21933ebd6b714215ae1e5e94","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13935","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27253","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."}