Vulnerability · Published Dec 20, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-40624
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity OS command injection in the affected software. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 18.2% (higher than 97% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)18.2%top 2.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling2Nuclei, Public PoC
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H