Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-44960 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Commscope Ruckus Smartzone Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked in the top 24% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-44960 is an OS command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) affecting RUCKUS SmartZone (SZ) controllers in versions before 6.1.2p3 Refresh Build. The flaw arises from inadequate sanitization of a certain parameter in an API route, enabling attackers to inject and execute arbitrary operating system commands. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.5 (High), reflecting network accessibility (AV:N), high attack complexity (AC:H), low privilege requirements (PR:L), no user interaction (UI:N), changed scope (S:C), and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:I:A:H).
An attacker with low-privileged access, such as an authenticated user with limited permissions, can exploit this vulnerability over the network by crafting a malicious request to the affected API route. Despite the high attack complexity, successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary OS commands with elevated privileges, potentially leading to full system compromise, data exfiltration, modification of critical configurations, or denial of service on the RUCKUS SmartZone controller.
Mitigation details are outlined in vendor and third-party advisories, including the CommScope security advisory (ID 20250710), CERT vulnerability note VU#613753, and Claroty Team82 disclosure dashboard. Security practitioners should consult these resources for patch availability, such as upgrading to RUCKUS SmartZone 6.1.2p3 Refresh Build or later, and any interim workarounds.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-23523
Vulnerability Data
RUCKUS SmartZone (SZ) before 6.1.2p3 Refresh Build allows OS command injection via a certain parameter in an API route.
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover missing or incorrect command sanitization during development.
Input validation directly neutralizes or rejects special characters that would otherwise alter OS command structure.
Least privilege reduces the permissions available to any process that could be subverted by injected commands.
Least functionality restricts available OS commands and interpreters, limiting the blast radius of injection.
Secure engineering principles require proper neutralization of untrusted input before command construction.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
PR.PS-06's SDLC practices directly require secure coding and input handling that blocks command-injection defects, yet the single broad outcome leaves many specific neutralization vectors and verification gaps unaddressed.
Routine patching/maintenance can remediate known command-injection CVEs in dependencies (partial forward) but does nothing to stop developers from introducing improper neutralization in custom code (none reverse).
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing and code review target insecure use of operating-system command interfaces, catching command-injection flaws introduced during development.