CVE-2023-27253

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Published Mar 17, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 89.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

A command injection vulnerability in the function restore_rrddata() of Netgate pfSense v2.7.0 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands via manipulating the contents of an XML file supplied to the component config.xml.

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 89.5% (89.505% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173487/pfSense-Restore-RRD-Data-Command-Injection.html
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/ca80d18493f8f91b21933ebd6b714215ae1e5e94
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13935

History

Mar 4, 2025 3:45 AM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Netgate Pfsense

Weaknesses

CWE-91

Sources

CVE record Updated: Feb 26, 2025, 2:58 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 17, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Feb 26, 2025, 2:58 PM
Reserved: Feb 27, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 12:01 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 12:01 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:44 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 17, 2023, 10:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:44 AM

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