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CVE-2022-23993/usr/local/www/pkg.php in pfSense CE before 2.6.0 and pfSense Plus before 22.01 uses $_REQUEST['pkg_filter'] in a PHP echo call, causing…
- 6.1MediumCVSS base score
- 1.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 25% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
/usr/local/www/pkg.php in pfSense CE before 2.6.0 and pfSense Plus before 22.01 uses $_REQUEST['pkg_filter'] in a PHP echo call, causing XSS.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References2
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/5d82cce0d615a76b738798577a28a15803e59aeb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://docs.netgate.com/downloads/pfSense-SA-22_04.webgui.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-28908 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2022-23993)Record last updated .