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CVE-2023-27253

84
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-27253 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting Netgate pfSense v2.7.0, allowing authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands by manipulating an XML file supplied to the config.xml component. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this flaw can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via a Metasploit module and ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation. Despite its severity and available exploits, there is currently no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
89.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: pfSense Restore RRD Data Command Injection · Mar 18, 2023
ExploitDB: EDB-51608 · Jul 20, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8951 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/173487/pfSense-Restore-RRD-Data-Command-Injection.html
github.com / pfsense/pfsense/commit/ca80d18493f8f91b21933ebd6b714215ae1e5e94
Patch
redmine.pfsense.org / issues/13935
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory