CVE-2025-69691 | Netgate pfSense CE 2.8.0 allows code execution in the XMLRPC… | CVSS 9.9 CRITICAL

Description

Netgate pfSense CE 2.8.0 allows code execution in the XMLRPC API via pfsense.exec_php. NOTE: the Supplier disputes this because the API call is only available to admins and they are intentionally allowed to execute PHP code.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2025-69691
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Reserved: 2026-01-09 00:00 UTC
Published: 2026-05-08 00:00 UTC
Last updated: 2026-05-08 21:29 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-284
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
Vendor / Product: n/a / n/a
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.9 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

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

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: PoC
Automatable: no
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
n/a	n/a	—	n/a

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
—	cna	n/a
CWE-284	adp	CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-915	adp	CWE-915 Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.9	CRITICAL	3.1	adp	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (2)