CVE-2018-25118GeoVision Command Injection RCE via /PictureCatch.cgi
- 10.0CriticalCVSS base score
- 1.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 30% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
GeoVision embedded IP devices, confirmed on GV-BX1500 and GV-MFD1501, contain a remote command injection vulnerability via /PictureCatch.cgi that enables an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device. The vulnerable models have been declared end-of-life (EOL) by the vendor. VulnCheck has observed this vulnerability being exploited in the wild as of 2025-10-19 08:55:13.141502 UTC.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. 4 references of the record are tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits4
References tagged exploit4 references
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43982 (opens in a new tab)exploit
- https://github.com/mcw0/PoC/blob/fb06efe05b7e240dc88ff31eb30e1ef345509dce/Geovision-PoC.py#L15 (opens in a new tab)exploit
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/geovision-command-injection-rce-picture-catch-cgi (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryexploit
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-249a (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourceexploit
Timeline
ID reserved
By VulnCheck
Published
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.
Affected products
- affected < November/December 2017 firmware
- affected < November/December 2017 firmware
GeoVision Inc. · GeoVision embedded IP devices
- affected < November/December 2017 firmware
References
References5
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43982 (opens in a new tab)exploit
- https://github.com/mcw0/PoC/blob/fb06efe05b7e240dc88ff31eb30e1ef345509dce/Geovision-PoC.py#L15 (opens in a new tab)exploit
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/geovision-command-injection-rce-picture-catch-cgi (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryexploit
- https://www.geovision.com.tw/blog/?cat=14 (opens in a new tab)release-notespatch
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-249a (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourceexploit
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-21605 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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