What is CVE-2018-16055?

CVE-2018-16055 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgate Pfsense, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-16055?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Netgate Pfsense

CVE-2018-16055

An authenticated command injection vulnerability exists in status_interfaces.php via dhcp_relinquish_lease() in pfSense before 2.4.4 due to its passing user input from the $_POST parameters "ifdescr" and "ipv" to a shell without escaping t…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.112 (95.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgate Pfsense
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16055?: CVE-2018-16055 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgate Pfsense, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-16055?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.