Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-1316

CriticalCISA KEVActive Exploitation

Published: 05 March 2025

Published
05 March 2025
Modified
30 October 2025
KEV Added
19 March 2025
Patch
CVSS Score 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.8684 99.4th percentile
Risk Priority 92 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.

Security Summary

CVE-2025-1316 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS score 9.8, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) affecting the Edimax IC-7100 device. Published on 2025-03-05, it arises from the device's failure to properly neutralize requests (CWE-78), enabling attackers to craft specially crafted requests that result in remote code execution on the device.

The vulnerability is exploitable by unauthenticated attackers over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows attackers to achieve high-impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromises through arbitrary remote code execution on the targeted Edimax IC-7100.

CISA has issued ICS Advisory ICSA-25-063-08 addressing this vulnerability. CVE-2025-1316 is also listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, indicating real-world exploitation.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-78
KEV Date Added
19 March 2025

Affected Products

edimax
ic-7100 firmware
all versions

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
Why these techniques?

The CVE describes unauthenticated remote code execution via OS command injection (CWE-78) on a public-facing network device, directly enabling T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application) for initial access and T1059.004 (Unix Shell) for arbitrary command execution.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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