CVE-2022-40624 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2022-12-20

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 84.7% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pfsense:pfblockerng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.84655.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/packages/pfblocker.html
https://github.com/dhammon/pfBlockerNg-CVE-2022-40624
https://github.com/dhammon/pfBlockerNg-RCE

History

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Pfsense Pfblockerng

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-17T13:50:54.301Z

Reserved: 2022-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40624

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:21:46.465Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-20T15:15:11.717

Modified: 2025-04-17T14:15:21.143

Link: CVE-2022-40624

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-78

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