CVE-2025-47782: motionEye vulnerable to RCE in add_camera Function Due to unsafe command execution
Description
motionEye is an online interface for the software motion, a video surveillance program with motion detection. In versions 0.43.1b1 through 0.43.1b3, using a constructed (camera) device path with the `add`/`add_camera` motionEye web API allows an attacker with motionEye admin user credentials to execute any command within a non-interactive shell as motionEye run user, `motion` by default. The vulnerability has been patched with motionEye v0.43.1b4. As a workaround, apply the patch manually.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-47782
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 8.9
CVSS Vector: 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:P
Problem Types
CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Affected Products
Vendor: motioneye-project
Product: motioneye
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 18.64% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-06-12 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47782https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneye/security/advisories/GHSA-g5mq-prx7-c588
https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneye/issues/3142
https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneye/pull/3143