---
id: CVE-2026-97730
title: >-
  In Netgate pfSense Plus before 26.07 and pfSense CE before 2.9.0, a Local File
  Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in the Dashboard (index.php) widget sequence
  data handling allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code
summary: >-
  In Netgate pfSense Plus before 26.07 and pfSense CE before 2.9.0, a Local File
  Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in the Dashboard (index.php) widget sequence
  data handling allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code.
  To ex…
severity: high
cvss: 8.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-24
vendor: Netgate
product: pfSense Plus
affected:
  - pfsense_plus < 26.07
  - pfsense_ce < 2.9.0
published: '2026-09-25'
updated: '2026-09-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-25T03:16:59.533'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97730'
references:
  - url: 'https://docs.netgate.com/downloads/pfSense-SA-26_18.webgui.asc'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/install/upgrade-guide.html'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://redmine.pfsense.org/attachments/7146'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/16947'
    label: cve@mitre.org
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-09-25T02:58:13.434Z'
epss: 0.01025
epssPercentile: 0.62073
---

## Overview

In Netgate pfSense Plus before 26.07 and pfSense CE before 2.9.0, a Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in the Dashboard (index.php) widget sequence data handling allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code. To exploit this, an attacker with privileges to modify Dashboard settings and write arbitrary files to the pfSense firewall system (e.g., /tmp/test.widget.php) can submit a crafted widget sequence value containing a path traversal payload (e.g., ../../../../../../../../../../../tmp/test). The Dashboard will subsequently read and execute the arbitrary PHP file as if it were a standard widget.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.