CVE-2025-25038 is a critical OS command injection vulnerability affecting MiniDVBLinux version 5.4 and earlier. The flaw stems from insufficient sanitization of user input in the web-based management interface, allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands as the root user. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise potential (confidentiality, integrity, availability). Evidence of exploitation was observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on April 10, 2024, indicating active exploitation, though no public exploit code or Metasploit modules are currently available. The vulnerability has garnered significant community attention with 10 mentions, placing it in the top 1% of all CVEs for discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:minidvblinux:minidvblinux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0, <= 5.4CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:minidvblinux:minidvblinux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.