Vulnerability Assessment
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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An issue in Netgate pfSense Plus v.23.05.1 and before and pfSense CE v.2.7.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to the packet_capture.php file. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
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A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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An issue in Netgate pfSense Plus v.23.05.1 and before and pfSense CE v.2.7.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to the packet_capture.php file. Affected products include: Netgate Pfsense, Netgate Pfsense Plus.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
An issue in Netgate pfSense Plus v.23.05.1 and before and pfSense CE v.2.7.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to the packet_capture.php file.
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Attack Technique
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in system_firmware_restorefullbackup.php in the WebGUI in pfSense before
A command injection vulnerability in the function restore_rrddata() of Netgate pfSense v2.7.0 allows authenticated attac
Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts in the SSHGuard component of Netgate pfSense Plus software v22
pfSense pfBlockerNG through 2.1.4_27 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands as root via the HTTP Host
diag_command.php in pfSense 2.4.4-p3 allows CSRF via the txtCommand or txtRecallBuffer field, as demonstrated by executi
pfSense through 2.3.4 through 2.4.4-p3 allows Remote Code Injection via a methodCall XML document with a pfsense.exec_ph
An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in the way Netgate pfSense CE 2.4.4-RELEASE processes the paramete
An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in the way Netgate pfSense CE 2.4.4-RELEASE processes the paramete
An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in the way Netgate pfSense CE 2.4.4-RELEASE processes the paramete
pfSense before 2.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via (1) the hostname value to diag_
pfSense v2.5.2 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the browser.php component. Rated
pfSense 2.5.0 allows XSS via the services_wol_edit.php Description field. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnera
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