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CVE-2024-46538

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pfsense v2.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the $pconfig variable at interfaces_groups_edit.php.

MEDIUM 4.8EPSS 80.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 80.3%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pfsense v2.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the $pconfig variable at interfaces_groups_edit.php.

CVSS 3.1
4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
80.29% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
netgate/pfsense
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%43%85%30 September 2026: 80.29%3 November 2026: 80.29%30 September 20263 November 2026

EPSS moved from 80.3% on 30 September 2026 to 80.3% on 3 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

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