Netgear RAX30 1.0.10.94 PHP-FPM unrestricted upload

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A vulnerability was found in Netgear RAX30 1.0.10.94. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component PHP-FPM. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-44658. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Netgear RAX30 1.0.10.94. This issue affects an unknown function of the component PHP-FPM. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Netgear RAX30 V1.0.10.94, a PHP-FPM misconfiguration vulnerability is caused by not following the specification to only limit FPM to .php extensions. An attacker may exploit this by uploading malicious scripts disguised with alternate extensions and tricking the web server into executing them as PHP, bypassing security mechanisms based on file extension filtering. This may lead to remote code execution (RCE), information disclosure, or full system compromise.

It is possible to read the advisory at netgear.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-44658 since 04/22/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/08/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1608.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Wireless LAN Software

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• Netgear

Name

• RAX30

Version

• 1.0.10.94

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.netgear.com/

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