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CVE-2019-25400: IPFire 2.21 Core Update 127 Multiple XSS via fwhosts.cgi

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-02-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

IPFire 2.21 Core Update 127 contains multiple reflected cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in the fwhosts.cgi script that allow attackers to inject malicious scripts through multiple parameters including HOSTNAME, IP, SUBNET, NETREMARK, HOSTREMARK, newhost, grp_name, remark, SRV_NAME, SRV_PORT, SRVGRP_NAME, SRVGRP_REMARK, and updatesrvgrp. Attackers can submit POST requests with script payloads in these parameters to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of authenticated users' browsers.

Affected products

• IPFire.org IPFire: 2.21-core_update127

References

• https://downloads.ipfire.org/releases/ipfire-2.x/2.21-core127/ipfire-2.21.x86_64-full-core127.iso
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46344
• https://www.ipfire.org
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ipfire-core-update-multiple-xss-via-fwhostscgi

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