CVE-2025-5306: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in the Netflow directory field may allow OS command injection. This issue affects Pandora FMS 774 through 778

PriorityP179critical9.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EXPLOIT

EPSS

19.94%

97.1th percentile

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in the Netflow directory field may allow OS command injection. This issue affects Pandora FMS 774 through 778

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
artica	pandora_fms	774 – 778	—
pandora_fms	pandora_fms	774 – 778	—

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

urlhttps://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/pandora_fms_auth_netflow_rce.rb↗

→Monitor HTTP requests to PandoraFMS Netflow configuration endpoints for OS command injection characters (e.g., semicolons, pipes, backticks, $() constructs) embedded in the 'directory' field parameter. ↗
→Exploitation requires valid credentials; alert on authenticated POST requests to Netflow settings modification endpoints followed by unusual child process spawning from the PandoraFMS web service process. ↗
→Confirm presence of Netflow binaries on the target system as a prerequisite for successful exploitation; monitor for unexpected execution of Netflow-related binaries with attacker-controlled arguments. ↗

·Affected versions are strictly PandoraFMS 774 through 778; verify the installed version before applying detections to avoid false positives on patched or out-of-range deployments. ↗
·Exploitation is authenticated, meaning attacker-controlled credentials are required; prioritize monitoring privileged or recently created PandoraFMS accounts as a lateral-movement or insider-threat vector. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv4.07.0HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Green

vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM

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