RCE in Minidvblinux

CVE-2025-25038

An OS command injection vulnerability exists in MiniDVBLinux version 5.4 and earlier. The system’s web-based management interface fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before passing it to operating system commands. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands as the root user, potentially compromising the entire device. Exploitation evidence was observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2024-04-10 UTC.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

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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: 0.056 (92.6th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-25038: held from 0.053 to 0.056.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.053 · newest: 0.056 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-25038?
CVE-2025-25038 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Minidvblinux, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-06-20.
How severe is CVE-2025-25038?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.