CVE-2025-39247
📋 TL;DR
An access control vulnerability in HikCentral Professional allows unauthenticated attackers to gain administrative privileges. This affects organizations using vulnerable HikCentral Professional versions for video management and security systems. Attackers can bypass authentication entirely to obtain the highest level of system access.
💻 Affected Systems
- HikCentral Professional
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete system compromise where attackers gain full administrative control, potentially accessing all video feeds, modifying system configurations, disabling security features, and using the system as a foothold for further network attacks.
Likely Case
Attackers gain administrative access to the HikCentral system, allowing them to view sensitive video footage, manipulate recording settings, add/remove users, and potentially access connected camera systems.
If Mitigated
With proper network segmentation and access controls, impact is limited to the HikCentral system itself, though administrative control of the security management platform remains a significant breach.
🎯 Exploit Status
The vulnerability description indicates unauthenticated access to admin privileges, suggesting relatively straightforward exploitation once the specific attack vector is understood.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Refer to Hikvision security advisory for specific patched versions
Vendor Advisory: https://www.hikvision.com/en/support/cybersecurity/security-advisory/security-vulnerabilities-in-some-hikcentral-products/
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Review Hikvision security advisory for affected versions. 2. Download and apply the latest security update from Hikvision. 3. Restart the HikCentral Professional service or server. 4. Verify the update was successful by checking the version.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Network Isolation
allRestrict network access to HikCentral Professional to only trusted management networks
Use firewall rules to block external access to HikCentral ports (typically 80/443 and management ports)
Access Control Lists
allImplement strict IP-based access controls for the HikCentral management interface
Configure web server or network device ACLs to allow only authorized administrator IP addresses
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Immediately isolate the HikCentral system from internet access and restrict to management VLAN only
- Implement additional authentication layer (reverse proxy with MFA) in front of HikCentral interface
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check HikCentral Professional version against Hikvision's security advisory for affected versions. Attempting to verify vulnerability through exploitation is not recommended.Check Version:
Check version through HikCentral web interface (typically under System > About or similar) or consult HikCentral documentation for version checking methodsVerify Fix Applied:
After patching, verify the version matches or exceeds the patched version specified in Hikvision's advisory. Test that unauthenticated access to admin functions is no longer possible.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthenticated access attempts to administrative endpoints
- Sudden creation of new admin accounts
- Unusual configuration changes from unexpected IP addresses
Network Indicators:
- Unusual authentication bypass patterns in HTTP traffic
- Administrative API calls from unauthenticated sources
- Traffic to HikCentral from unexpected external IPs
SIEM Query:
source_ip NOT IN (admin_ips) AND (uri CONTAINS '/admin' OR uri CONTAINS '/api/admin' OR status_code=200 AFTER auth_failure)