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CVE-2021-41282

88
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-41282 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting pfSense 2.5.2, allowing authenticated users to perform sed data injection via the diag_routes.php script. This flaw enables arbitrary file writing to any location on the system, despite the use of common command injection protections. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules exist in Metasploit and Nuclei, indicating readily available exploit code, though there is no significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pfsense:pfsense:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
87.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: pfSense Diag Routes Web Shell Upload · Feb 23, 2022
Nuclei: CVE-2021-41282 · Mar 19, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8711 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/166208/pfSense-2.5.2-Shell-Upload.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
docs.netgate.com / pfsense/en/latest/releases/22-01_2-6-0.html
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
shielder.it / advisories
Third Party Advisory
shielder.it / advisories/pfsense-remote-command-execution
ExploitThird Party Advisory