CVE-2018-16232
An authenticated command injection vulnerability exists in IPFire Firewall before 2.21 Core Update 124 in backup.cgi.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An authenticated command injection vulnerability exists in IPFire Firewall before 2.21 Core Update 124 in backup.cgi. This allows an authenticated user with privileges for the affected page to execute arbitrary commands.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.79% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- ipfire/ipfire
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 7.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://doddsecurity.com/213/command-injection-on-ipfire-firewalls/Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ipfire.org/news/ipfire-2-21-core-update-124-releasedPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://doddsecurity.com/213/command-injection-on-ipfire-firewalls/Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ipfire.org/news/ipfire-2-21-core-update-124-releasedPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.