CVE-2022-40624

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

pfSense pfBlockerNG hasta 2.1.4_27 permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar comandos arbitrarios del Sistema Operativo como root a través del encabezado HTTP Host, una vulnerabilidad diferente a CVE-2022-31814.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-09-13 CVE Reserved
2022-12-20 CVE Published
2025-04-16 EPSS Updated
2025-04-17 CVE Updated
2025-04-17 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/dhammon/pfBlockerNg-RCE	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/dhammon/pfBlockerNg-CVE-2022-40624	2025-04-17

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/packages/pfblocker.html	2022-12-28

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Pfsense Search vendor "Pfsense"		Pfblockerng Search vendor "Pfsense" for product "Pfblockerng"				< 2.1.4_27 Search vendor "Pfsense" for product "Pfblockerng" and version " < 2.1.4_27"		-		Affected