CVE-2025-46120: ruckuswireless ruckus_unleashed Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-46120 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Path Traversal vulnerability in ruckuswireless ruckus_unleashed. EPSS estimates a 1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 21-07-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 23-07-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.