OS Command Injection in FastNetMon Juniper Router Plugin

FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the Juniper router integration plugin. The _log() function in src/juniper_plugin/fastnetmon_juniper.php (lines 117-118) constructs shell commands by concatenating the $msg parameter directly into exec() calls: exec("echo `date` \"- {FASTNETMON] - " . $msg . " \" >> " . $FILE_LOG_TMP). The $msg variable contains unsanitized data derived from command-line arguments argv[1] through argv[3], which represent the attack IP address, direction, and power. While FastNetMon's C++ core currently passes IP addresses via inet_ntoa() (which only produces safe dotted-decimal notation), the PHP script performs no input validation or shell escaping. If the script is invoked directly, by another orchestration system, or if future code changes pass string-sourced IPs, arbitrary commands can be injected. The correct fix is to replace exec() with file_put_contents() or use escapeshellarg() on all parameters.

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Analysis

FastNetMon Community Edition through version 1.2.9 contains a critical OS command injection vulnerability in its Juniper router integration plugin. The vulnerability exists in the _log() function where user-supplied command-line arguments are directly concatenated into shell commands without sanitization. An attacker who can control command-line arguments (argv[1] through argv[3]) can inject arbitrary shell commands that execute with the privileges of the FastNetMon process. This affects organizations using FastNetMon to monitor and manage Juniper network devices, potentially giving attackers complete control over network monitoring infrastructure and the ability to pivot into monitored network environments.

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