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pfSense: CVE-2015-2295: Remote attackers can hijack the authentication of administrators

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pfSense: CVE-2015-2295: Remote attackers can hijack the authentication of administrators

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/10/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/30/2017
Modified
08/25/2017

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in system_firmware_restorefullbackup.php in the WebGUI in pfSense before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that delete arbitrary files via the deletefile parameter.

Solution(s)

  • pfsense-cve-2015-2295-1
  • pfsense-cve-2015-2295-2

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