Netgate pfSense CE up to 2.7.x OpenVPN Widget remipp command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Netgate pfSense CE up to 2.7.x and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component OpenVPN Widget. Such manipulation of the argument remipp leads to command injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-54780. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Netgate pfSense CE up to 2.7.x. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component OpenVPN Widget. The manipulation of the argument remipp with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-54780 since 12/06/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

The exploit is available at blog.brillantit.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 2.8.0 Beta eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-15584). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: pfSense CE 2.8.0 Beta

Timelineinfo

12/06/2024 🔍
05/14/2025 +158 days 🔍
05/14/2025 +0 days 🔍
05/17/2025 +3 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-54780 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-54780
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-308900
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 05/14/2025 16:40
Updated: 05/17/2025 19:14
Changes: 05/14/2025 16:40 (58), 05/14/2025 16:42 (1), 05/17/2025 15:58 (1), 05/17/2025 19:14 (1)
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