CVE-2019-8953 EXPLOIT
6.1
MEDIUM · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 52.2% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The HAProxy package before 0.59_16 for pfSense has XSS via the desc (aka Description) or table_actionsaclN parameter, related to haproxy_listeners.php and haproxy_listeners_edit.php.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.1 (MEDIUM, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| EPSS | 52.24% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2019-02-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| netgate | haproxy |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | pfSense 2.4.4-p1 (HAProxy Package 0.59_14) - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting | 2019-03-13 |
References
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2019020153
- https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/2dded47b3202dfdf89aa96f84bf701b3d5acbe6c
- https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/3b40366aca55910b224ecf49d3fdacc9ad6c04f5
- https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9335
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46538/
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2019020153
- https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/2dded47b3202dfdf89aa96f84bf701b3d5acbe6c
- https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/3b40366aca55910b224ecf49d3fdacc9ad6c04f5
- https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9335
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46538/
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