CVE-2024-54780

HIGH

pfSense CE < 2.8.0 and Plus < 25.03 - Authenticated Command Injection via OpenVPN Widget remipp Parameter

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory

https://blog.brillantit.com/exploiting-pfsense-xss-command-injection-cloud-hijack/

Patch, Vendor Advisory

https://www.netgate.com/blog/important-security-updates-for-pfsense-plus-24.11-and-ce-2.7.2

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.1159

EPSS Percentile 95.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-94

Status published

Products (2)

netgate/pfsense_ce < 2.8.0

netgate/pfsense_plus < 25.03

Published May 14, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026