Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-50976

IPFire 2.29 DNS management interface (dns.cgi) fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input in the NAMESERVER, REMARK, and TLS_HOSTNAME query parameters, resulting in a reflected

Published Aug 26, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 27, 2025 · IPFire 2.29 DNS management

Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-50976. EPSS is 0.23%. Act only if a listed version of IPFire 2.29 DNS management is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (IPFire 2.29 DNS management).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium6.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.23%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor n/a n/a n/a

IPFire 2.29 DNS management interface (dns.cgi) fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input in the NAMESERVER, REMARK, and TLS_HOSTNAME query parameters, resulting in a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

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How to fix CVE-2025-50976

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-50976. EPSS is 0.23%. Act only if a listed version of IPFire 2.29 DNS management is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with n/a n/a n/a n/a. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.23%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 26, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    IPFire 2.29 DNS management interface (dns.cgi) fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input in the NAMESERVER, REMARK, and TLS_HOSTNAME query parameters, resulting in a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

  2. Aug 27, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    IPFire 2.29 DNS management interface (dns.cgi) fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input in the NAMESERVER, REMARK, and TLS_HOSTNAME query parameters, resulting in a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-50976

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-50976

    30-day exploitation probability 0.23%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-28379

    IPFire 2.29 DNS management interface (dns.cgi) fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input in the NAMESERVER, REMARK, and TLS_HOSTNAME query parameters, resulting in a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 22, 2026
  • EUVDOct 22, 2026