CVE-2025-69691
📛 CVE Title
CVE-2025-69691
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.
Overview
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Assigner (CNA)
- mitre
- CVSS severity
- critical
- CVSS score
- 9.9 / 10
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H- Effective score
- 9.9 / 10 CRITICAL source: CNA overview
- CWE(s)
- —
- Reserved
- 2026-01-09
- Published
- 2026-05-08 02:00 UTC
- Last updated
- 2026-05-08 23:29 UTC
- Source
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2025/69xxx/CVE-2025-69691.json
- Linked Threat
- CVE-2025-69691 — CVE-2025-69691
NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0
Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.
- NVD published
- 2026-05-08 07:16:28 UTC
- NVD last modified
- 2026-05-12 20:39:48 UTC
- NVD CVSS v3.1
- 9.9 / 10 CRITICAL source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
- NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H- Exploitability subscore
- 3.1 / 10
- Impact subscore
- 6.0 / 10
- EPSS score
- 0.0003 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
- EPSS percentile
- 9.67% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-05-25
NVD-assigned CWE(s):
CWE-284,
CWE-915
(differs from the CNA list above)
NVD / KEV / EPSS data refreshed 2026-05-25 22:51 UTC. Re-run the 🛰 Backfill from NVD button above to refresh.
European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD
ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.
- EUVD ID
-
EUVD-2025-209739 - Assigner
- mitre
- Published
- May 8, 2026, 12:00:00 AM
- Updated
- May 8, 2026, 9:29:04 PM
- EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1)
-
9.9 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - EUVD-reported EPSS
- 0.0300
- Vendors
- n/a
- Products
-
n/a (n/a)
ENISA 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.
Affected products (1)
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a |
n/a (affected)
|
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Affected products — CPE 2.3 (1) NVD
NVD's normalized CPE 2.3 matchers, used by vendor tools (vulnerability scanners, asset managers) for automated detection. Compare with the CNA's free-text "Affected products" section above.
cpe:2.3:a:pfsense:pfsense:2.8.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
Vendor references (2)
References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.
MITRE references (2) cveawg.mitre.org
Pulled from MITRE's CVE Services API by the 🛰 Backfill from MITRE button.
Web references (3)
DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69691 tenable:nvd.nist.gov
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69691 tenable:www.cve.org
- https://www.first.org/epss/ tenable:www.first.org
NVD-tagged references (3)
Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2026/Feb/16 cve@mitre.org ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2026/Feb/16 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelson-adhepeau/ cve@mitre.org Not Applicable
Remediations (15)
Remediations are stored against the linked Threat row; the list below is deduplicated across both pages.
-
web:cyberpress.org
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two actively exploited Microsoft Defender vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, issuing an urgent remediation directive for federal agencies with a due date of June 3, 2026.
2026-05-23 21:07 UTC -
web:cybersecuritynews.com
Microsoft released its final Patch Tuesday updates of 2025 on December 9, addressing 56 security vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, Exchange Server, and other components.
2026-05-23 21:07 UTC -
web:docs.fcc.gov
The Robocall Mitigation Database is a critical tool used by the Commission and state and federal law enforcement to combat illegal robocalls. The proposed rules, which the Chairwoman shared today with her colleagues, continue a Commission rulemaking in which 47 Attorneys General wrote the Commission in support of strong regulatory actions to ...
2026-05-23 21:07 UTC -
web:portal.msrc.microsoft.com
The Security Update Guide provides information on the latest Microsoft security updates, helping users understand and address potential vulnerabilities effectively.
2026-05-23 21:07 UTC -
web:www.computerworld.com
Each month, the team at Readiness analyzes the latest Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and provides detailed, actionable testing guidance. The company's Patch Tuesday release for February ...
2026-05-23 21:07 UTC -
web:www.maketecheasier.com
Check out the latest Windows 11 and Windows 10 update problems and their solutions, as recommended by Microsoft experts.
2026-05-23 21:07 UTC -
web:www.neowin.net
Microsoft has released Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 KB5077181, KB5075941 for February 2026. Here's what's included.
2026-05-23 21:07 UTC -
web:www.ninjaone.com
Catalog of Microsoft KB updates with insights on performance & user sentiment. Find out what's working, what's not, & make informed decisions.
2026-05-23 21:07 UTC -
web:www.oracle.com
This Critical Patch Update contains 374 new security patches across the product families listed below. Please note that an MOS note summarizing the content of this Critical Patch Update and other Oracle Software Security Assurance activities is located at October 2025 Critical Patch Update: Executive Summary and Analysis.
2026-05-23 21:07 UTC -
web:www.rapid7.com
Microsoft has published 172 new vulnerabilities, including six zero-day vulnerabilities. Windows 10 moves past the end of support, sort of. Critical RCE in Windows Server Update Service.
2026-05-23 21:07 UTC -
web:blog.qualys.com
As the year winds down, Microsoft Patch Tuesday in December arrives with essential fixes and enhancements to close vulnerabilities and boost performance.
2026-05-26 02:47 UTC -
web:krebsonsecurity.com
Microsoft Corp. today issued security updates to fix more than 80 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and software. There are no known "zero-day" or actively exploited ...
2026-05-26 02:47 UTC -
web:petri.com
How to Fix Issues Caused by Windows Cumulative Updates using Known Issue Rollback (Image Credit: Microsoft) KIR works at the code level.
2026-05-26 02:47 UTC -
web:support.microsoft.com
It includes updates from previous security and non-security releases, along with an additional fix . To learn more about differences between security updates, optional non-security preview updates, out-of-band (OOB) updates, and continuous innovation, see Windows monthly updates explained.
2026-05-26 02:47 UTC -
web:www.cve.org
At cve .org, we provide the authoritative reference method for publicly known information-security vulnerabilities and exposures
2026-05-26 02:47 UTC
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The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2025-69691.json.
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