Netgate pfSense CE (prior to 2.8.0 beta release) and corresponding Plus builds is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in widgets/log.widget.php.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-54779 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-05-15 | — | 0.03% | — |
Full EPSS history (1 record total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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2.3 | 2.7 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| netgate | pfsense_ce | < 2.8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense_ce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| netgate | pfsense_plus | < 25.03 | cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://blog.brillantit.com/exploiting-pfsense-xss-command-injection-cloud-hijack/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://docs.netgate.com/downloads/pfSense-SA-25_01.webgui.asc | Mailing List Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.netgate.com/blog/important-security-updates-for-pfsense-plus-24.11-and-ce-2.7.2 | Release Notes |