THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2024-54780
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2024-54780

Pfsense Ce vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
12.0%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Netgate
Affected product
Pfsense Ce
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2025-05-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2024-54780

  • Confirm whether Netgate Pfsense Ce is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2024-54780.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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