CVE-2025-53392 (GCVE-0-2025-53392)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-28 00:00 – Updated: 2025-06-30 13:32 Disputed
VLAI
Summary
In Netgate pfSense CE 2.8.0, the "WebCfg - Diagnostics: Command" privilege allows reading arbitrary files via diag_command.php dlPath directory traversal. NOTE: the Supplier's perspective is that this is intended behavior for this privilege level, and that system administrators are informed through both the product documentation and UI.
Severity
5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-30 13:27 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-36 - Absolute Path Traversal
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Netgate pfSense Affected: 2.8.0 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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