What is CVE-2018-16232?

CVE-2018-16232 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ipfire, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-10-17.

How severe is CVE-2018-16232?

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

RCE in Ipfire

CVE-2018-16232

An authenticated command injection vulnerability exists in IPFire Firewall before 2.21 Core Update 124 in backup.cgi. This allows an authenticated user with privileges for the affected page to execute arbitrary commands.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.078 (94.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ipfire — versions 1.49, 2.1, 2.11
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16232?: CVE-2018-16232 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ipfire, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-10-17.
How severe is CVE-2018-16232?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.