On Wireless IP Camera (P2P) WIFICAM devices, access to .ini files (containing credentials) is not correctly checked.

published 2017-04-25 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17187

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 35.4%; EPSS 35.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

On Wireless IP Camera (P2P) WIFICAM devices, access to .ini files (containing credentials) is not correctly checked. An attacker can bypass authentication by providing an empty loginuse parameter and an empty loginpas parameter in the URI.

Timeline

2017-03-08 First public exploit (EDB-43142)
2017-04-25 Published

Exploit prediction

35.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-43142 Wireless IP Camera (P2P) WIFICAM - Remote Code Execution remote, 2017-03-08
Nuclei template GoAhead Camera - Credential Disclosure nuclei detection template
pierrekim.github.io https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-03-08-camera-goahead-0day.html#pre-auth-info-leak-goahead referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/23 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

pierrekim.github.io /blog/2017-03-08-camera-goahead-0day.html#pre-auth-info-leak-goahead
exploit, third-party-advisory
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/23
exploit, mailing-list, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-8225
NVD CVE-2017-8225

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Summary