{"id":"CVE-2022-40624","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-40624","generatedAt":"2026-11-04T23:56:24.965Z","title":"pfSense pfBlockerNG through 2.1.4_27 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands as root via the HTTP Host header, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-31814.","description":"pfSense pfBlockerNG through 2.1.4_27 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands as root via the HTTP Host header, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-31814.","published":"2022-12-20T15:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:01:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["pfsense/pfblockerng"],"epss":{"score":0.1825,"percentile":0.9722,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.3%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/packages/pfblocker.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/dhammon/pfBlockerNg-CVE-2022-40624","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/dhammon/pfBlockerNg-RCE","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/packages/pfblocker.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/dhammon/pfBlockerNg-CVE-2022-40624","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/dhammon/pfBlockerNg-RCE","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40624","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."}