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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning about a critical security flaw affecting Smartbedded Meteobridge, a widely used weather station device. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-4008, has been rated as high-severity and is being actively exploited in the wild. This highlights the importance of keeping software up-to-date and patched to prevent exploitation.
CISA has issued a warning about a critical security flaw in Smartbedded Meteobridge devices.The vulnerability (CVE-2025-4008) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to gain arbitrary command execution with elevated privileges on affected devices.The flaw is due to a command injection vulnerability in the Meteobridge web interface.CISA has addressed this vulnerability in version 6.2, but earlier versions may still be at risk.Four other vulnerabilities are currently being actively exploited in the wild, including Samsung mobile devices and Juniper ScreenOS.FCEB agencies are required to apply updates by October 23, 2025, for optimal protection.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning about a critical security flaw affecting Smartbedded Meteobridge, a weather station device that is widely used for amateur meteorology and other purposes. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-4008, has been rated as high-severity by CISA and has been classified as actively exploited in the wild.
The Meteobridge web interface contains a command injection vulnerability that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to gain arbitrary command execution with elevated privileges (root) on affected devices. This means that an attacker can potentially take control of the device, allowing them to access sensitive data or disrupt operations.
According to the CISA report, the vulnerability was discovered by ONEKEY in late February 2025. The Meteobridge web interface is written in CGI shell scripts and C, and it exposes a "template.cgi" script through "/cgi-bin/template.cgi", which is vulnerable to command injection stemming from the insecure use of eval calls.
The vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers due to the fact that the CGI script is hosted in a public directory without requiring any authentication. This means that an attacker can send a malicious request to the device, allowing them to execute arbitrary code and gain access to elevated privileges.
CISA has already addressed this vulnerability in Meteobridge version 6.2, which was released on May 13, 2025. However, this may not provide sufficient protection for devices that are still running earlier versions of the software.
In addition to the Meteobridge flaw, CISA has also identified four other vulnerabilities that are currently being actively exploited in the wild. These include:
* CVE-2025-21043: A remote code execution vulnerability in Samsung mobile devices
* CVE-2017-1000353: A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in Jenkins
* CVE-2015-7755: An improper authentication vulnerability in Juniper ScreenOS
* CVE-2014-6278, aka Shellshock: A command injection vulnerability in GNU Bash
CISA is requiring Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to apply the necessary updates by October 23, 2025, for optimal protection.
The discovery of this critical Meteobridge flaw highlights the importance of keeping software up-to-date and patched. It also serves as a reminder that even seemingly innocuous devices can be vulnerable to serious security flaws if they are not properly secured.
In light of active exploitation, Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies are required to apply the necessary updates by October 23, 2025, for optimal protection.
Related Information:
https://www.ethicalhackingnews.com/articles/CISA-Flags-Critical-Meteobridge-Flaw-as-Actively-Exploited-in-the-Wild-ehn.shtml
Published: Fri Oct 3 05:30:35 2025 by llama3.2 3B Q4_K_M
