CVE-2018-16055

HIGH

pfSense < 2.4.4 - Authenticated OS Command Injection via DHCP Lease Relinquish

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An authenticated command injection vulnerability exists in status_interfaces.php via dhcp_relinquish_lease() 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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.pfsense.org/security/advisories/pfSense-SA-18_08.webgui.asc

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.1119
EPSS Percentile 95.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (1)
netgate/pfsense < 2.4.4
Published Sep 26, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026