Where
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0
Severity
9.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Netgate pfSense CE 2.8.0 allows code execution in the XMLRPC API via pfsense.execphp. NOTE: the Supplier disputes this because the API call is only available to admins and they are intentionally allowed to execute PHP code.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Path Traversal
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An issue was discovered in pfSense through 2.4.4-p3. widgets/widgets/picture.widget.php uses the widgetkey parameter directly without sanitization (e.g., a basename call) for a pathname to filegetcontents or fileputcontents.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
OS Command Injection
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Apcupsd 0.3.915, as used in pfSense through 2.4.4-RELEASE-p3 and other products, has an Arbitrary Command Execution issue in apcupsdstatus.php.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
OS Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

pfSense pfBlockerNG through 2.1.426 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands as root via shell metacharacters in the HTTP Host header. NOTE: 3.x is unaffected.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts in the SSHGuard component of Netgate pfSense Plus software v22.05.1 and pfSense CE software v2.6.0 allows attackers to bypass brute force protection mechanisms via crafted web requests.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.6
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability found in Netgate pfSense 2.4.4 and ACME package v.0.6.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the RootFolder field of acmecertificates.php.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pfsense v2.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the $pconfig variable at interfacesgroupsedit.php.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Netgate pfSense CE 2.7.2 allows code execution by using the module installer with a backup file with a serialized PHP object containing the postrebootcommands property. NOTE: the Supplier disputes this because this installer is only available to admins and they are intentionally allowed to execute PHP code.

First published (updated )
Severity
9
OS Command Injection, Code Injection
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

pfSense through 2.3.4 through 2.4.4-p3 allows Remote Code Injection via a methodCall XML document with a pfsense.execphp call containing shell metacharacters in a parameter value.

First published (updated )
Severity
9
OS Command Injection, Command Injection
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An authenticated command injection vulnerability exists in statusinterfaces.php via dhcprelinquishlease() in pfSense before 2.4.4 due to its passing user input from the $POST parameters "ifdescr" and "ipv" to a shell without escaping the contents of the variables. This allows an authenticated WebGUI user with privileges for the affected page to execute commands in the context of the root user when submitting a request to relinquish a DHCP lease for an interface which is configured to obtain its address via DHCP.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
Command Injection, Code Injection
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files on affected installations of Netgate pfSense. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Suricata package. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create files in the context of root.

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Source: ZDI
First published (updated )
Advisory
ZDI-25-979
Severity
8.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files on affected installations of Netgate pfSense. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Suricata package. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create files in the context of root.

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Source: ZDI
First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
Path Traversal
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Netgate pfSense CE Suricata Path Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files on affected installations of Netgate pfSense. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the Suricata package. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create files in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-28085.

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Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
OS Command Injection, Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Netgate pfSense FRR package (pfSense-pkg-frr) 2.0.21 and source revision 2.1.21 contain an OS command injection vulnerability in the FRR status filter. An authenticated WebGUI user with only the page-status-frr privilege can supply a filter value that breaks out of a single-quoted sed expression into which escapeshellarg() output is concatenated. Shell command substitution is then evaluated by a popen() pipeline, allowing attacker-selected commands to execute as root. There are updated FRR packages for pfSense Plus 26.07/26.03.1 and CE 2.9.0/2.8.1.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
CSRF
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

diagcommand.php in pfSense 2.4.4-p3 allows CSRF via the txtCommand or txtRecallBuffer field, as demonstrated by executing OS commands. This occurs because csrfcallback() produces a "CSRF token expired" error and a Try Again button when a CSRF token is missing.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A command injection vulnerability in the function restorerrddata() of Netgate pfSense v2.7.0 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands via manipulating the contents of an XML file supplied to the component config.xml.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
CSRF
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

pfSense versions 2.4.1 and lower are vulnerable to clickjacking attacks in the CSRF error page resulting in privileged execution of arbitrary code, because the error detection occurs before an X-Frame-Options header is set. This is fixed in 2.4.2-RELEASE. OPNsense, a 2015 fork of pfSense, was not vulnerable since version 16.1.16 released on June 06, 2016. The unprotected web form was removed from the code during an internal security audit under "possibly insecure" suspicions.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
Input Validation
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Improper input validation vulnerability in pfSense CE and pfSense Plus (pfSense CE software versions prior to 2.6.0 and pfSense Plus software versions prior to 22.01) allows a remote attacker with the privilege to change OpenVPN client or server settings to execute an arbitrary command.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
Path Traversal
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Improper access control vulnerability in pfSense CE and pfSense Plus (pfSense CE software versions prior to 2.6.0 and pfSense Plus software versions prior to 22.01) allows a remote attacker with the privilege to change NTP GPS settings to rewrite existing files on the file system, which may result in arbitrary command execution.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An issue in Netgate pfSense v.2.7.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to the interfacesgifedit.php and interfacesgreedit.php components.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An issue in Netgate pfSense Plus v.23.05.1 and before and pfSense CE v.2.7.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to the packetcapture.php file.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.6
OS Command Injection, Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Netgate pfSense CE 2.7.0 through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with QinQ edit privilege to run commands by storing an unvalidated parent interface name. Attackers can save a crafted 'if' value, then edit the QinQ entry so it is interpolated into ifconfig shell commands, executing commands as root.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.6
OS Command Injection, Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users to execute commands as root by supplying a crafted wireless parent interface name. Attackers with limited Wireless Edit or Interface Assignments privileges can submit values like ath0;<cmd> via interfaceswirelessedit.php or interfacesassign.php, which interfacewirelessclone() interpolates unescaped into an ifconfig shell command.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.6
OS Command Injection, Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with gateway edit privileges to execute commands as root by injecting shell metacharacters into an IPv6 link-local zone index. Attackers can set a gateway Monitor IP whose unvalidated zone carries a payload, which startdpinger() passes unescaped to the dpinger shell command when monitoring is applied.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.6
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Netgate pfSense CE 2.7.0 through 2.9.0 contains a configuration injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with IPsec Mobile privileges to execute commands as root via the loginbanner field. Attackers can submit a single-line banner containing '}' to escape the unquoted strongswan.conf attr value and define charon.start-scripts entries that charon executes as root on restart.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.6
OS Command Injection, Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Netgate pfSense CE 2.7.0 through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Traffic Shaper Limiters privileges to execute root commands by tampering with the limiter number field. Attackers can submit a malicious hidden 'number' value when editing a limiter, then delete it so deletequeue() passes the unquoted value to dnctl via /bin/sh as root.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.6
OS Command Injection, Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

pfSense CE 2.4.5 through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated WebGUI users with Advanced Admin Access privilege to execute commands as root via Login Protection settings. Attackers can submit sshguard threshold, block time, or detection time values containing newlines or $(...) that are written unvalidated to sshguard.conf and sourced as root on restart.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.6
OS Command Injection, Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected because it does not describe a security vulnerability.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.6
CRLF Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains a crontab injection vulnerability in interfacespppsedit.php that allows authenticated users to execute commands as root by injecting newlines into the ptpid or reset hour/minute fields. Attackers holding the 'WebCfg - Interfaces: PPPs: Edit' privilege can submit crafted POST values that configurecron() writes unescaped into /etc/crontab, running arbitrary root commands on schedule.

First published (updated )

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