PfSense Consolemenu Password Protection Not Implememnted - Detect

ID: password-protected-consolemenu

Severity: info

Author: pussycat0x

Tags: firewall,config,audit,pfsense,file

Description

PfSense password protection via the Console Menu is recommended to be configured. An unattended computer with an open Console Menu session can allow an unauthorized user access to the firewall management.

YAML Source

id: password-protected-consolemenu

info:
  name: PfSense Consolemenu Password Protection Not Implememnted - Detect
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: info
  description: |
    PfSense password protection via the Console Menu is recommended to be configured. An unattended computer with an open Console Menu session can allow an unauthorized user access to the firewall management.
  reference: |
    https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/config/advanced-admin.html
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 0
    cwe-id: CWE-200
  metadata:
    verified: true
  tags: firewall,config,audit,pfsense,file

file:
  - extensions:
      - xml

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "<disableconsolemenu>"
          - "<disableconsolemenu>1</disableconsolemenu>"
        condition: or
        negative: true

      - type: word
        words:
          - "<pfsense>"
          - "<webgui>"
          - "<system>"
        condition: and

# Enhanced by md on 2023/05/04
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100f3ea1067afe3a687f294b0b6419182b3bed43eee891258ca6f4e3a273619fdd202202ebd399b75c2ce70267b264f1c1c19e3fc4dd6185011e812f09e3128a8ae691d:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "file/audit/pfsense/password-protected-consolemenu.yaml"

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