Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-5126

RCE in Flir Ax8 Firmware 1.46.0 – 1.46.16

Public PoCRCECommand Injection
Published
24 May 2025
Modified
17 June 2026
CVSS Score v4 7.4
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/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
EPSS Score 0.047 91th percentile
Risk Priority 46 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-5126 is a high-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Flir Flir Ax8 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.4 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked in the top 9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

A command injection vulnerability exists in Teledyne FLIR AX8 devices running firmware up to version 1.46.16. The flaw resides in the setDataTime function of the settingsregional.php model, where unsanitized input to the year, month, day, hour, or minute parameters is passed to system commands, corresponding to CWE-74 and CWE-77 weaknesses.

An authenticated remote attacker with network access can supply crafted parameter values to execute arbitrary operating-system commands on the device. Successful exploitation yields high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, allowing an adversary to run code, alter device behavior, or disrupt operations without user interaction.

Publicly available proof-of-concept code demonstrates the injection via the $hour and $minute parameters. The vendor states that upgrading to firmware 1.49.16 resolves the issue through a refactoring of the internal web interface; the EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1095 with no material increase since disclosure.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability was found in Teledyne FLIR AX8 up to 1.46.16. This vulnerability affects the function setDataTime of the file \usr\www\application\models\settingsregional.php. Performing manipulation of the argument year/month/day/hour/minute results in command injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has…

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been made public and could be used. Upgrading to version 1.49.16 is able to resolve this issue. Upgrading the affected component is recommended. The vendor points out: "FLIR AX8 internal web site has been refactored to be able to handle the reported vulnerabilities."

CWE(s)
CWE-74CWE-77

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
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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.
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T1221 Template Injection Stealth
Adversaries may create or modify references in user document templates to conceal malicious code or force authentication attempts.
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T1659 Content Injection Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access and continuously communicate with victims by injecting malicious content into systems through online network traffic.
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T1674 Input Injection Execution
Adversaries may simulate keystrokes on a victim’s computer by various means to perform any type of action on behalf of the user, such as launching the command interpreter using keyboard shortcuts, typing an inline script to be executed,…
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T1059.001 PowerShell Execution
Adversaries may abuse PowerShell commands and scripts for execution.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-5695Same product: Flir Flir Ax8
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CVE-2026-1548Shared CWE-74, CWE-77
CVE-2026-8753Shared CWE-74, CWE-77
CVE-2025-10689Shared CWE-74, CWE-77
CVE-2025-10960Shared CWE-74, CWE-77
CVE-2024-11658Shared CWE-74, CWE-77
CVE-2026-8777Shared CWE-74, CWE-77
CVE-2026-3661Shared CWE-74, CWE-77
CVE-2025-7415Shared CWE-74, CWE-77

Affected Assets

flir
flir ax8 firmware
1.46.0 — 1.46.16

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.2.1
  • V1.2.3
  • V1.2.5
  • V1.2.8

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing and evaluation can discover command-construction flaws before deployment.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

SI-10 directly requires validation of information inputs to reject malformed or special-element content before it reaches downstream parsers.

SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles partial match

Secure engineering principles include proper neutralization and safe command construction practices.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and output encoding that prevent injection flaws.

DE.CM-09 partial match
prevents

Runtime monitoring of software and data can detect anomalous command execution resulting from injection.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Identifying recorded vulnerabilities enables remediation of command-injection flaws before exploitation.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.28 Secure coding mostly match
prevents

Secure coding standards require proper escaping and parameterization of commands, directly eliminating CWE-77.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development catches injection vulnerabilities before release.

A.8.15 Logging partial match
finds

Logging supports detection of injection attempts but does not prevent the weakness.

A.8.16 Monitoring activities partial match
finds

Monitoring activities can identify active injection attacks after they occur.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates input validation and output encoding that directly prevent injection flaws.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against injection attacks in software design.

References