CVE-2018-25118

GeoVision Command Injection RCE via /PictureCatch.cgi

State: Published
Severity: 10.0 Critical
Published: Oct 20, 2025
Updated: Apr 7, 2026
Reserved: Oct 20, 2025

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	10.0 Critical	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	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
GV-BX1500GeoVision Inc.	before November/December 2017 firmwareAffected
GV-MFD1501GeoVision Inc.	before November/December 2017 firmwareAffected
GeoVision embedded IP devicesGeoVision Inc.	before November/December 2017 firmwareAffected

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43982exploit
https://github.com/mcw0/PoC/blob/fb06efe05b7e240dc88ff31eb30e1ef345509dce/Geovision-PoC.py#L15exploit
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/geovision-command-injection-rce-picture-catch-cgithird-party-advisory
https://www.geovision.com.tw/blog/?cat=14release-notespatch
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-249athird-party-advisorygovernment-resourceexploit

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