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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pfsense:pfsense:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.