CVE-2014-4688

Pfsense vulnerability

CVSS

6.5

EPSS

7.0%

EPSS pct

93th

Exploited

No known

pfSense before 2.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via (1) the hostname value to diag_dns.php in a Create Alias action, (2) the smartmonemail value to diag_smart.php, or (3) the database value to status_rrd_graph_img.php.

Affected vendor

Netgate

Affected product

Pfsense

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2014-07-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Netgate Pfsense is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-4688.
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