CVE-2025-34116

IPFire < 2.19 Core Update 101 proxy.cgi RCE

State: Published
Severity: 8.7 High
Published: Jul 15, 2025
Updated: May 15, 2026
Reserved: Apr 15, 2025

Description

A remote command execution vulnerability exists in IPFire before version 2.19 Core Update 101 via the 'proxy.cgi' CGI interface. An authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary shell commands through crafted values in the NCSA user creation form fields, leading to command execution with web server privileges.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	8.7 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Affected Products

Product	Versions
IPFireIPFire Project	before 2.19 Core Update 101Affected

References

https://www.ipfire.org/news/ipfire-2-19-core-update-101-releasedvendor-advisorypatch
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/ipfire_proxy_exec.rbexploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39765exploit
https://www.asafety.fr/en/vuln-exploit-poc/xss-rce-ipfire-2-19-core-update-101-remote-command-execution/third-party-advisorytechnical-description
https://bugzilla.ipfire.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11087issue-tracking
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ipfire-authenticated-rcethird-party-advisory

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