Actively exploited in the wild. This CVE is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list — treat remediation as urgent. Federal remediation due by 9 Apr 2025.
Ic 7100 FirmwareOperating system · Edimax

CVE-2025-1316

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-03-05
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
In the wild High EPSS Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Edimax IC-7100 does not properly neutralize requests. An attacker can create specially crafted requests to achieve remote code execution on the device

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

The Edimax IC-7100 IP camera contains a command injection vulnerability where the device fails to properly sanitize user input in HTTP requests, allowing an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary operating system commands on the underlying Linux-based firmware with root privileges.

MitigationApply the vendor firmware update if available; if no patch exists, isolate the device on a restricted network segment and consider replacement. Network-side controls like blocking management interfaces from untrusted networks can reduce exploitability.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Ic 7100 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:all versions

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify the device on your network
    Scan your network for devices with HTTP services on common ports (80, 8080, 443) and check the HTTP response header or login page for 'Edimax' and 'IC-7100' branding
    Affected if The device is an Edimax IC-7100 network camera on your network
  2. Confirm firmware version
    Access the device web interface (usually via its IP address) and navigate to the System or Status page to view the firmware version information
    Affected if Any firmware version is displayed (all versions are affected)
  3. Check if remote web access is enabled
    In the device web interface, go to Network or Security settings and verify whether the web-based management interface is accessible from external/network interfaces
    Affected if Remote web access or management interface is enabled and accessible
  4. Look for signs of compromise
    Review device logs for unexpected commands, new user accounts, or unusual network connections. Check if the device is making outbound connections to unknown IP addresses
    Affected if Logs show unexpected administrative actions, new accounts, or suspicious network traffic

If you have an Edimax IC-7100 camera with its web interface accessible on your network, you are affected by this vulnerability since all firmware versions contain the injection flaw.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply the vendor firmware update if available; if no patch exists, isolate the device on a restricted network segment and consider replacement. Network-side controls like blocking management interfaces from untrusted networks can reduce exploitability.

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