What is CVE-2024-54780?

CVE-2024-54780 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgate Pfsense_ce, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2024-54780?

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

Is CVE-2024-54780 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Netgate Pfsense_ce

CVE-2024-54780

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 authentica…

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.120 (95.6th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-54780?: CVE-2024-54780 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgate Pfsense_ce, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2024-54780?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-54780 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.