Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-46120

Path Traversal in Ruckuswireless Ruckus Unleashed ≤ 200.15.6.212.14

Public PoCPath Traversal
Published
21 July 2025
Modified
17 June 2026
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.010 60th percentile
Risk Priority 77 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-46120 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Ruckuswireless Ruckus Unleashed. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 40% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) 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-2025-46120 is a path-traversal vulnerability in the web interface of CommScope Ruckus Unleashed releases prior to 200.15.6.212.27 and 200.18.7.1.323, as well as Ruckus ZoneDirector releases prior to 10.5.1.0.282. The flaw permits the server to execute attacker-supplied EJS templates from outside the intended directories, which is tracked under CWE-22 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8.

A remote unauthenticated attacker who can place a malicious template on the system, for example via FTP, can exploit the issue to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary template code on the controller.

Vendor advisories direct administrators to apply the fixed releases listed above; the referenced security bulletin from Ruckus Wireless and the detailed analysis at sector7.computest.nl both identify the affected firmware versions and the corresponding patched builds.

The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0481 with no material increase after disclosure.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A01:2025 Broken Access Control

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An issue was discovered in CommScope Ruckus Unleashed prior to 200.15.6.212.27 and 200.18.7.1.323, and in Ruckus ZoneDirector prior to 10.5.1.0.282, where a path-traversal flaw in the web interface lets the server execute attacker-supplied EJS templates outside permitted directories, allowing a…

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remote unauthenticated attacker who can upload a template (e.g., via FTP) to escalate privileges and run arbitrary template code on the controller.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

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.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

ruckuswireless
ruckus unleashed
≤ 200.15.6.212.14 · 200.17 — 200.17.7.0.139
ruckuswireless
ruckus zonedirector
≤ 10.5.1.0.279

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match

Enforces the intended directory access authorizations that path traversal would otherwise bypass.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

Input validation directly neutralizes special path elements before pathname construction occurs.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match

Least privilege reduces the impact of any unauthorized file access obtained via traversal.

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-02 partial match
prevents

Patching/maintenance can remediate known path-traversal flaws in deployed software (partial prevention of exploitability) but does nothing to stop the coding defect from being introduced in the first place.

PR.AA-05 none match
prevents

PR.AA-05 defines and reviews access policies but does not address code-level pathname neutralization, so neither direction prevents CWE-22.

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.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development catches path traversal via static/dynamic analysis.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and path sanitization that directly prevent path traversal.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements include rules for safe file handling and canonicalization.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles require least-privilege file access and directory isolation.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe path construction and mandate safe APIs.

A.8.3 Information access restriction partial match
mitigates

Information access restriction limits which files an application may read or write.

References