CVE-2026-38961

Summary

CVECVE-2026-38961
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-09-04 17:16:57 UTC
Updated2026-09-04 17:16:57 UTC
DescriptionCross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the RSS Widget of Netgate pfSense Plus (versions 26.03, 25.11.1) and pfSense CE (version 2.8.1) allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript via malicious content in an RSS feed title. The injected script executes in the browser of any authenticated user who views the dashboard, due to insufficient sanitization of feed title data before rendering in the widget.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: n/a

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
docs.netgate.com/downloads/pfSense-SA-26_04.webgui.asc [email protected] docs.netgate.com
github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9 [email protected] github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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