motionEye vulnerable to RCE via unsanitized motion config parameter

published 2025-10-03 13 mo ago modified 2026-11-05 3 d ago also GHSA-j945-qm58-4gjx , PYSEC-2026-1680 , EUVD-2025-32486

cvss: 7.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 18.5%; EPSS 18.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits: 2; Metasploit, Exploit-DB

MotionEye v0.43.1b4 and before is vulnerable to OS Command Injection in configuration parameters such as image_file_name. Unsanitized user input is written to Motion configuration files, allowing remote authenticated attackers with admin access to achieve code execution when Motion is restarted.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

pypi motioneye 0.43.1b5

Timeline

2025-09-09 First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/motioneye_auth_rce_cve_2025_60787)
2025-10-03 Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 13 mo ago (2025-10-03)

Exploit prediction

18.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit exploit/linux/http/motioneye_auth_rce_cve_2025_60787 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in MotionEye Frontend (CVE-2025-60787) metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2025-09-09
EDB-52481 motionEye 0.43.1b4 - RCE webapps, 2026-02-11
github.com https://github.com/prabhatverma47/motionEye-RCE-through-config-parameter referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub	3.1	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV	3.1	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
pypi	motioneye	<0.43.1b5	0.43.1b5

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

github.com /prabhatverma47/motionEye-RCE-through-config-parameter
web, exploit, third-party-advisory
github.com /motioneye-project/motioneye/security/advisories/GHSA-j945-qm58-4gjx
web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60787
advisory
github.com /motioneye-project/motioneye
package
pypi.org /project/motioneye
package
github.com /advisories/GHSA-j945-qm58-4gjx
advisory

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary