TI-2024-36666 Aliases CVE-2024-54780 GHSA-fx6v-jrpq-f762

Netgate pfSense CE (prior to 2.8.0 beta release) and corresponding Plus builds are…

MEDIUM 54CWE-94Published 2025-05-14 · Updated 2025-05-20

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.12734 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense_ce::::::::	before 2.8.0	Vulnerable	Netgate
cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense_plus::::::::	before 25.03	Vulnerable	Netgate

cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense_ce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.8.0 Vulnerable ·Netgate
cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 25.03 Vulnerable ·Netgate

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-54780
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fx6v-jrpq-f762

References

Exploit 1

https://blog.brillantit.com/exploiting-pfsense-xss-command-injection-cloud-hijack/

Patch 1

https://www.netgate.com/blog/important-security-updates-for-pfsense-plus-24.11-and-ce-2.7.2

TI-2023-26623 The SSH transport protocol with certain OpenSSH extensions, found in OpenSSH before 9.6… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
TI-2024-36665 Netgate pfSense CE (prior to 2.8.0 beta release) and corresponding Plus builds is… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
TI-2024-37854 Netgate pfSense CE (prior to 2.8.0 beta release) and corresponding Plus builds is… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

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