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2 vulnerabilities found for pfSense by Netgate
CVE-2025-12490 (GCVE-0-2025-12490)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-06 20:10 – Updated: 2025-11-06 20:44
VLAI?
Title
Netgate pfSense CE Suricata Path Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Summary
Netgate pfSense CE Suricata Path Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files on affected installations of Netgate pfSense. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the Suricata package. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create files in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-28085.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
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CVE-2025-53392 (GCVE-0-2025-53392)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-28 00:00 – Updated: 2025-06-30 13:32 Disputed
VLAI?
Summary
In Netgate pfSense CE 2.8.0, the "WebCfg - Diagnostics: Command" privilege allows reading arbitrary files via diag_command.php dlPath directory traversal. NOTE: the Supplier's perspective is that this is intended behavior for this privilege level, and that system administrators are informed through both the product documentation and UI.
Severity ?
5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-36 - Absolute Path Traversal
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