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CVE-2023-38997: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Captive Portal templates of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary system command...
CVE-2023-38997 · published 3 years ago
Summary
A directory traversal vulnerability in the Captive Portal templates of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary system commands as root via a crafted ZIP archive.
What to do
- Update opnsense opnsense to version 23.7 or later.
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| opnsense | opnsense |
< 23.7 cpe:2.3:a:opnsense:opnsense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Original advisory text
A directory traversal vulnerability in the Captive Portal templates of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary system command...
A directory traversal vulnerability in the Captive Portal templates of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary system commands as root via a crafted ZIP archive.
References
- https://github.com/opnsense/core/commit/448762d440b51574f1906c0ec2f5ea6dc4f16eb2 Patch
- https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2023/08/opnsense.html Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38997... Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38997 Vendor Advisory
Internet-facing
14 days
Internal
At next upgrade
- Not known to be exploited
- Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
- Gives an attacker full control (estimated)
Type
CWE-22Path Traversal
Timeline
Published9 Aug 2023
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen29 Sep 2026
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