CVE-2024-54780
HIGH EPSS 95.6%
Published May 14, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
8.8 CVSS 3.1
Published May 14, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago
Description
Netgate pfSense CE (prior to 2.8.0 beta release) and corresponding Plus builds are vulnerable to command injection in the OpenVPN widget due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input to the OpenVPN management interface. An authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by injecting arbitrary OpenVPN management commands via the remipp parameter.
CVSS Details
Base Score
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS Exploit Probability
95.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available
Weaknesses 1
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code (Code Injection) Injection
Affected Products 2
References 2
- blog.brillantit.com https://blog.brillantit.com/exploiting-pfsense-xss-command-injection-cloud-hijack/
- netgate.com https://www.netgate.com/blog/important-security-updates-for-pfsense-plus-24.11-and-ce-2.7.2
Remediation
- netgate.com https://www.netgate.com/blog/important-security-updates-for-pfsense-plus-24.11-and-ce-2.7.2