pfSense CE 2.7.0 through 2.9.0 contains a command injection vulnerability in services_captiveportal_hasync.php that allows users with only the Captive Portal HA privilege to execute commands as root. Attackers can set backwardsyncip to a malicious XMLRPC server returning connected_users with shell metacharacters in ip or mac fields, which captiveportal_load_pfctl passes unescaped to a pfctl shell command.
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Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000
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| Description | pfSense CE 2.7.0 through 2.9.0 contains a command injection vulnerability in services_captiveportal_hasync.php that allows users with only the Captive Portal HA privilege to execute commands as root. Attackers can set backwardsyncip to a malicious XMLRPC server returning connected_users with shell metacharacters in ip or mac fields, which captiveportal_load_pfctl passes unescaped to a pfctl shell command. | |
| Title | Netgate pfSense CE 2.7.0 through 2.9.0 Command Injection via Captive Portal HA Sync | |
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Netgate
Netgate pfsense |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-78 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Netgate
Netgate pfsense |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-15T18:46:30.058Z
Reserved: 2026-10-15T18:21:23.312Z
Link: CVE-2026-111229
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-15T19:17:35.813
Modified: 2026-10-15T19:17:35.813
Link: CVE-2026-111229
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