CVE-2024-54780

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 v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://blog.brillantit.com/exploiting-pfsense-xss-command-injection-cloud-hijack/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.netgate.com/blog/important-security-updates-for-pfsense-plus-24.11-and-ce-2.7.2	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense_ce::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense_plus::::::::

History

13 Jun 2025, 13:03

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-14 14:15

Updated : 2025-06-13 13:03

NVD link : CVE-2024-54780

Mitre link : CVE-2024-54780

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-54780

JSON object : View

Products Affected

netgate

pfsense_plus
pfsense_ce

CWE

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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