CVE-2024-54780

moderate-risk
Published 2025-05-14

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.

Do I need to act?

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8.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Pfsense Ce

Affected Vendors

Netgate

References (2)

Exploit https://blog.brillantit.com/exploiting-pfsense-xss-command-injection-cloud-hijac...
Patch https://www.netgate.com/blog/important-security-updates-for-pfsense-plus-24.11-a...
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moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 10/34 · Low
Exposure 7/34 · Low