CVE-2020-19201

Exp

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in status_filter_reload.php, a page in the pfSense software WebGUI, on Netgate pfSense version 2.4.4-p2 and earlier. The page did not encode output from the filter reload process, and a stored XSS was possible via the descr (description) parameter on NAT rules.

Published: 2021-07-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-19201 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.45%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.66% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2020-19201

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-19201

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.80% 3.45% +2.66%
2 2025-11-21 1.00% 0.80% -0.20%
3 2025-11-18 1.00%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-19201

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.3 2.7 [email protected]
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-19201

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-19201

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netgate pfsense <= 2.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgate pfsense 2.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense:2.4.4:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgate pfsense 2.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense:2.4.4:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-19201

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