IPFire up to 2.29 HTTP POST Request ovpnclients.dat CONNECTION_NAME sql injection

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in IPFire up to 2.29. This affects an unknown function of the file /cgi-bin/logs.cgi/ovpnclients.dat of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. This manipulation of the argument CONNECTION_NAME causes sql injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-34304. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IPFire up to 2.29. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file /cgi-bin/logs.cgi/ovpnclients.dat of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument CONNECTION_NAME with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IPFire versions prior to 2.29 (Core Update 198) contain a SQL injection vulnerability that allows an authenticated attacker to manipulate the SQL query used when viewing OpenVPN connection logs via the CONNECTION_NAME parameter. When viewing a range of OpenVPN connection logs, the application issues an HTTP POST request to the Request-URI /cgi-bin/logs.cgi/ovpnclients.dat and inserts the value of the CONNECTION_NAME parameter directly into the WHERE clause without proper sanitization or parameterization. The unsanitized value can alter the executed query and be used to disclose sensitive information from the database.

The weakness was presented by Alex Williams. It is possible to read the advisory at ipfire.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-34304 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• IPFire

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• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29

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