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Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-16915 · published 26 September 2019

CVE-2019-16915: Netgate pfsense path traversal vulnerability

Netgate · Pfsense

An issue was discovered in pfSense through 2.4.4-p3. widgets/widgets/picture.widget.php uses the widgetkey parameter directly without sanitization (e.g., a basename call) for a pathname to file_get_contents or file_put_contents.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 3.7% · top 10.5% CWE-22 · Path traversal
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.5
3.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in pfSense through 2.4.4-p3. widgets/widgets/picture.widget.php uses the widgetkey parameter directly without sanitization (e.g., a basename call) for a pathname to file_get_contents or file_put_contents.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/2c544ac61ce98f716d50b8e5961d7dfba66804b5 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9610 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
https://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-98024 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/2c544ac61ce98f716d50b8e5961d7dfba66804b5 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9610 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
https://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-98024 Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-16915), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.