CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-40624
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-12-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Description
pfSense pfBlockerNG through 2.1.4_27 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands as root via the HTTP Host header, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-31814.
Affected configurations
• pfsense pfblockerng (< 2.1.4 27)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/packages/pfblocker.html Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/dhammon/pfBlockerNg-CVE-2022-40624 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dhammon/pfBlockerNg-RCE Broken Link
- https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/packages/pfblocker.html Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/dhammon/pfBlockerNg-CVE-2022-40624 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dhammon/pfBlockerNg-RCE Broken Link