# CVE-2024-46257: A Command injection vulnerability in requestLetsEncryptSslWithDnsChallenge in NginxProxyManager 2.11.3 allows an attacker to achieve remote

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-27 · Updated: 2024-10-24

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

A Command injection vulnerability in requestLetsEncryptSslWithDnsChallenge in NginxProxyManager 2.11.3 allows an attacker to achieve remote code execution via Add Let's Encrypt Certificate. NOTE: this is not part of any NGINX software shipped by F5.

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## References

- https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager/blob/v2.11.3/backend/internal/certificate.js#L870
- https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager/commit/99cce7e2b0da2978411cedd7cac5fffbe15bc466
- https://github.com/barttran2k/POC_CVE-2024-46256
- https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager/pull/4073/commits/c39d5433bcd13993def222bbb2b6988bbb810a05

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