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Exploited in the wild High confidence Not in CISA KEV

CVE-2018-25118

GV-BX1500 Command Injection

GeoVision / GV-BX1500 · affected before November/December 2017 firmware

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Severity
CVSS 10.0 · Critical
Confidence
High
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
1.3%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

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What it is

CVE-2018-25118 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting GeoVision GV-BX1500 and 2 other products. GeoVision embedded IP devices, confirmed on GV-BX1500 and GV-MFD1501, contain a remote command injection...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is high. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

GeoVision / GV-BX1500 affected before november/december 2017 firmware.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

GV-BX1500 Command Injection

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.

GeoVision Inc. Affected
GV-BX1500
Before November/December 2017 firmware
GeoVision Inc. Affected
GV-MFD1501
Before November/December 2017 firmware
GeoVision Inc. Affected
GeoVision embedded IP devices
Before November/December 2017 firmware
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Published
20 Oct 2025
Exploitation Reported
20 Oct 2025
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CVE

Recorded 20 Oct 2025

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
The Shadowserver First 2025-10-20 21:14 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v4.0

10.0 Critical

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

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

EPSS

1.3%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

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

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 21:14 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  2. 21:14 UTC

    Added to Previdian KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  3. 17:58 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

Pro API

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Sample API response 
{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2018-25118",
  "confidence": "High",
  "cvss_score": 10.0,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.01267,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}