CVE-2020-26693
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in pfSense 2.4.5-p1 which allows...
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in pfSense 2.4.5-p1 which allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary web scripts via exploitation of the load_balancer_monitor.php function.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in pfSense 2.4.5-p1 which allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary web scripts via exploitation of the load_balancer_monitor.php function.
- Record
CVE-2020-26693- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in pfSense 2.4.5-p1 which allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary web scripts via exploitation of the load_balancer_monitor.php function.
- Record
CVE-2020-26693- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-19235 No score
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in pfSense 2.4.5-p1 which allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary web scripts via exploitation of the load_balancer_monitor.php function.
- Record
EUVD-2020-19235- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hrmg-qfwm-rm4f No score
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in pfSense 2.4.5-p1 which allows...
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in pfSense 2.4.5-p1 which allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary web scripts via exploitation of the load_balancer_monitor.php function.
- Record
GHSA-hrmg-qfwm-rm4f- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in pfSense 2.4.5-p1 which allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary web scripts via exploitation of the load_balancer_monitor.php function.
- Record
CVE-2020-26693- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-26693 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Pfsense, published June 1, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.31%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.