# CVE-2025-14225: D-Link DCS-930L alphapd setSystemAdmin command injection

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands on unsupported D-Link DCS-930L cameras via the alphapd setSystemAdmin endpoint.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ww6p-m485-xmcc

## What is CVE-2025-14225?

CVE-2025-14225 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in D-Link DCS-930L, published on 8 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was determined in D-Link DCS-930L 1.15.04. This affects an unknown part of the file /setSystemAdmin of the component alphapd. Executing manipulation of the argument AdminID can lead to command injection. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Weakness: CWE-77 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command), CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14225?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dlink Dcs-930l Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-14225?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14225 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14225 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14225 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in D-Link DCS-930L

- [CVE-2016-11021](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-11021/): D-Link DCS-930L Devices OS Command Injection (high 7.2, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14225 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14225 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in D-Link DCS-930L, published on 8 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14225 exists.

Affected product: D-Link DCS-930L. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14225/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14225/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14225
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14225
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14225

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14225/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.