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CVE-2020-21487

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-21487 is a critical Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Netgate pfSense version 2.4.4 and the ACME package version 0.6.3, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code through the RootFolder field in acme_certificates.php. With a CVSS score of 9.6, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, requiring user interaction but leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense:2.4.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense_acme_package:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.6CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0067 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 836 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.8 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/a6f443cde51e7fcf17e51f16014d3589253284d8
Patch
redmine.pfsense.org / issues/9888
Issue TrackingPatch