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CVE-2016-10709

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10709 describes a critical OS command injection vulnerability in pfSense before version 2.3, allowing remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is triggered by injecting a pipe character ('|') into the 'graph' parameter within status_rrd_graph_img.php, which is related to _rrd_graph_img.php. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk. It can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and requires only low privileges, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules are available in Metasploit, suggesting active exploitation potential. Despite its severity and exploit availability, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pfsense:pfsense:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
33.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: pfSense authenticated graph status RCE · Apr 18, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3371 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exploit-db.com / exploits/39709
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
pfsense.org / security/advisories/pfSense-SA-16_01.webgui.asc
Vendor Advisory
rapid7.com / db/modules/exploit/unix/http/pfsense_graph_injection_exec
ExploitThird Party Advisory
security-assessment.com / files/documents/advisory/pfsenseAdvisory.pdf
ExploitThird Party Advisory