High severity · published Jul 21, 2025
CVE-2025-46116
An issue was discovered in CommScope Ruckus Unleashed prior to 200.15.6.212.14 and 200.17.7.0.139, and in Ruckus ZoneDirector prior to 10.5.1.0.279, where an authenticated…
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in CommScope Ruckus Unleashed prior to 200.15.6.212.14 and 200.17.7.0.139, and in Ruckus ZoneDirector prior to 10.5.1.0.279, where an authenticated attacker can disable the passphrase requirement for a hidden CLI command `!v54!` via a management API call and then invoke it to escape the restricted shell and obtain a root shell on the controller.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RU
Ruckus Unleashed · Ruckuswireless
before 200.15.6.212.14; 200.17 before 200.17.7.0.139 · source: NVD
RZ
Ruckus Zonedirector · Ruckuswireless
before 10.5.1.0.279 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46116
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-46116
Exploit
https://sector7.computest.nl/post/2025-07-ruckus-unleashed/
Product
https://support.ruckuswireless.com/security_bulletins/330
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