What is CVE-2017-18377?

CVE-2017-18377 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Goahead Wireless Ip Camera Wificam, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-06-11.

How severe is CVE-2017-18377?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Goahead Wireless Ip Camera Wificam

CVE-2017-18377

An issue was discovered on Wireless IP Camera (P2P) WIFICAM cameras. There is Command Injection in the set_ftp.cgi script via shell metacharacters in the pwd variable, as demonstrated by a set_ftp.cgi?svr=192.168.1.1&port=21&user=ftp URI.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2019-06-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.068 (93.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.068 · newest: 0.068 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-03-08-camera-goahead-0day.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18377?: CVE-2017-18377 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Goahead Wireless Ip Camera Wificam, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-06-11.
How severe is CVE-2017-18377?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.