High [CVE-2024-54780] Netgate pfSense CE (prior to 2.8.0 beta release) and corresponding Plus builds are vulnerable to command injection in the…
This high-severity Netgate pfSense advisory covers CVE-2024-54780 affecting pfSense, pfSense CE, Netgate.
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Summary
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.
- 2.8.0
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 2.8.0. That is the remediation for this advisory.
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Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
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