CVE-2020-21219

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Published Dec 15, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Netgate pf Sense 2.4.4-Release-p3 and Netgate ACME package 0.6.3 allows remote attackers to to run arbitrary code via the RootFolder field to acme_certificate_edit.php page of the ACME package.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:netgate:acme:0.6.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense:2.4.4:p3::::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-13993	Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Netgate pf Sense 2.4.4-Release-p3 and Netgate ACME package 0.6.3 allows remote attackers to to run arbitrary code via the RootFolder field to acme_certificate_edit.php page of the ACME package.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.649% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/a6f443cde51e7fcf17e51f16014d3589253284d8
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9888

History

Apr 25, 2025 3:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Netgate Acme Pfsense

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 25, 2025, 2:34 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 15, 2022, 12:00 AM
Updated: Apr 25, 2025, 2:34 PM
Reserved: Aug 13, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 2:22 PM

Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 2:22 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:03 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 15, 2022, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:03 AM

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