CVE-2019-16915

CRITICAL

Netgate Pfsense < 2.4.4 - Path Traversal

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in pfSense through 2.4.4-p3. widgets/widgets/picture.widget.php uses the widgetkey parameter directly without sanitization (e.g., a basename call) for a pathname to file_get_contents or file_put_contents.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9610
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-98024

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0272
EPSS Percentile 86.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
netgate/pfsense 2.4.4 (4 CPE variants)
netgate/pfsense < 2.4.4
Published Sep 26, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026