CommScope Ruckus Unleashed/Ruckus ZoneDirector FTP hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in CommScope Ruckus Unleashed and Ruckus ZoneDirector. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component FTP. This manipulation causes hard-coded credentials. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-46118. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in CommScope Ruckus Unleashed and Ruckus ZoneDirector (unknown version) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component FTP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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 hard-coded credentials for the ftpuser account provide FTP access to the controller, enabling a remote attacker to upload or retrieve arbitrary files from writable firmware directories and thereby expose sensitive information or compromise the controller.

This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-46118 since 04/22/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1110.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-22091). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/22/2025 CVE reserved
07/21/2025 +90 days Advisory disclosed
07/21/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/28/2025 +7 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-46118 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-46118
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-317119
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/21/2025 17:47
Updated: 07/28/2025 22:26
Changes: 07/21/2025 17:47 (52), 07/23/2025 21:40 (1), 07/28/2025 22:26 (1)
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