{"id":"CVE-2018-16232","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16232","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T02:46:26.020Z","title":"An authenticated command injection vulnerability exists in IPFire Firewall before 2.21 Core Update 124 in backup.cgi.","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.","published":"2018-10-17T14:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:43:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["ipfire/ipfire"],"epss":{"score":0.07786,"percentile":0.94625,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://doddsecurity.com/213/command-injection-on-ipfire-firewalls/","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.ipfire.org/news/ipfire-2-21-core-update-124-released","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://doddsecurity.com/213/command-injection-on-ipfire-firewalls/","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.ipfire.org/news/ipfire-2-21-core-update-124-released","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16232","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}