# CVE-2025-34054: AVTECH IP camera, DVR, and NVR Devices Unauthenticated Command Injection

> Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary shell commands as root on AVTECH DVR devices via the Search.cgi endpoint.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 7 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5r56-hjhv-6gr3

## What is CVE-2025-34054?

CVE-2025-34054 is a critical command injection vulnerability in AVTECH IP camera, DVR, and NVR Devices, published on 1 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An unauthenticated command injection vulnerability exists in AVTECH DVR devices via Search.cgi?action=cgi_query. The use of wget without input sanitization allows attackers to inject shell commands through the username or queryb64str parameters, executing commands as root. Exploitation evidence was observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-01-04 UTC.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-34054?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-34054?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-34054 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-34054 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-34054 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-34054 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-34054 is a critical command injection vulnerability in AVTECH IP camera, DVR, and NVR Devices, published on 1 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-34054 exists.

Affected product: AVTECH IP camera, DVR, and NVR Devices. 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-2025-34054/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-34054/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-34054
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-34054
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-34054

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-34054/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.