CVE-2018-16232 is an authenticated command injection vulnerability affecting IPFire Firewall versions prior to 2.21 Core Update 124, specifically within the backup.cgi component. An authenticated user with privileges to the affected page can execute arbitrary commands, leading to a CVSS score of 8.8 (High) due to its network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.49CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ipfire:ipfire:1.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ipfire:ipfire:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ipfire:ipfire:2.1:core_update16:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ipfire:ipfire:2.11:core_update53:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ipfire:ipfire:2.11:core_update54:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.