CVE-2014-4689 — Absolute path traversal vulnerability in pkg_edit.php in pfSense before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary XML files via a full pathname in the xml parameter

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MEDIUM

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in pkg_edit.php in pfSense before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary XML files via a full pathname in the xml parameter

Published Jul 2, 2014

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.81%

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in pkg_edit.php in pfSense before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary XML files via a full pathname in the xml parameter.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.81% 0.02811

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02811

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.81% (0.02811)	86.02th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.81% (0.02811)	84.62th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.08% (0.00080)	21.14th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.48% (0.00482)	76.70th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.48% (0.00482)	75.18th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.48% (0.00482)	72.14th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-22

Path Traversal

References (1)

https://pfsense.org/security/advisories/pfSense-SA-14_11.webgui.asc
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://pfsense.org/security/advisories/pfSense-SA-14_11.webgui.asc		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 2, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jun 28, 2014

Link CVE-2014-4689

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-4689

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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