Root command execution via unsanitized ping parameters
Published May 2, 2025 · Updated May 17, 2025
OS command injection in Honeywell MB-Secure 11.04 through versions before 12.53 allows remote authenticated users to execute commands as root. The /si/ping handler concatenates unfiltered interface and host parameters into a ping command and passes it to Lua io.popen. Any authenticated web GUI role can invoke the enabled-by-default endpoint directly, gaining complete root-level control of the alarm panel.
Summary
What happened
OS command injection in Honeywell MB-Secure 11.04 through versions before 12.53 allows remote authenticated users to execute commands as root. The /si/ping handler concatenates unfiltered interface and host parameters into a ping command and passes it to Lua io.popen. Any authenticated web GUI role can invoke the enabled-by-default endpoint directly, gaining complete root-level control of the alarm panel.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-2605
- Published
- May 2, 2025
- Updated
- May 17, 2025
- Vendor
- Honeywell Technologies
- Product
- MB-Secure
- Classifications
- CWE-78, CAPEC-122, T1059.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 2, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=V11.04 <V12.53
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Public exploit references
- SEC Consult authenticated command-injection proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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