Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-44957

High

Published: 04 August 2025

Published
04 August 2025
Modified
03 November 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 8.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0011 28.8th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-44957 is a high-severity Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (CWE-288) vulnerability in Commscope Ruckus Smartzone Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 28.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068) and 6 other techniques. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.
Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Directly mitigates this CVE by requiring timely remediation through patching to Ruckus SmartZone 6.1.2p3 Refresh Build or later, as recommended by the vendor.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Requires validation of information inputs like crafted HTTP headers to prevent attackers from bypassing authentication even with a valid API key.

AC-3 Access Enforcement partial match
prevent

Mandates enforcement of approved authorizations, countering the authentication bypass that allows low-privileged access to high-impact operations.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1078 Valid Accounts Stealth
Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of existing accounts as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion.
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T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
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T1083 File and Directory Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may enumerate files and directories or may search in specific locations of a host or network share for certain information within a file system.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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T1552 Unsecured Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may search compromised systems to find and obtain insecurely stored credentials.
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Why these techniques?

Vulnerabilities including auth bypass via hardcoded secrets/API keys (T1078, T1552, T1068), arbitrary file read via path traversal (T1083), command injection RCE (T1059), and exploitation of the public-facing management web API/remote services (T1190, T1210).

NVD Description

Ruckus SmartZone (SZ) before 6.1.2p3 Refresh Build allows authentication bypass via a valid API key and crafted HTTP headers.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-44957 is an authentication bypass vulnerability in Ruckus SmartZone (SZ) versions before 6.1.2p3 Refresh Build. The issue allows attackers to circumvent authentication mechanisms by leveraging a valid API key alongside crafted HTTP headers. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.5 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) and maps to CWE-288.

The vulnerability can be exploited by a low-privileged user (PR:L) with network access (AV:N), though it demands high attack complexity (AC:H) and requires no user interaction (UI:N). Successful exploitation changes scope (S:C), granting high-impact access to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:I:A:H), potentially enabling full system compromise.

Mitigation guidance from vendor and third-party advisories, including CommScope's security advisory (ID 20250710), CERT vulnerability note VU#613753, and Claroty Team82's disclosure, centers on upgrading to Ruckus SmartZone 6.1.2p3 Refresh Build or later. Relevant resources are available at https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2025-44957, https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/613753, https://webresources.commscope.com/download/assets/FAQ+Security+Advisory%3A+ID+20250710/225f44ac3bd311f095821adcaa92e24e, and https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/613753.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-288

Affected Products

commscope
ruckus smartzone firmware
6.1.2, 7.0.0, 7.1.0 · ≤ 6.1.2
commscope
ruckus network director
≤ 4.5.0.51

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References