The QBee MultiSensor Camera through 4.16.4 accepts unencrypted network traffic from clients (such as the QBee Cam application through 1.0.5 for Android and the Swisscom Home application up to 10.7.2 for Android), which results in an attacker being able to reuse cookies to bypass authentication and disable the camera.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-16225 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 0.04% | 0.07% | +0.02% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.07% | 0.04% | -0.02% |
| 3 | 2023-03-07 | — | 0.07% | — |
Full EPSS history (5 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 3.0 | MEDIUM |
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2.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 6.1 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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6.5 | 6.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| qbeecam | qbee_multi-sensor_camera_firmware | <= 4.16.4 | cpe:2.3:o:qbeecam:qbee_multi-sensor_camera_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| qbeecam | qbeecam | <= 1.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:qbeecam:qbeecam:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* |
| swisscom | swisscom_home_app | <= 10.7.2 | cpe:2.3:a:swisscom:swisscom_home_app:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://blog.francescoservida.ch/2018/09/16/cve-2018-16225-public-disclosure-qbee-camera-vulnerability/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/21 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |