Waterfall WF-500 up to 7.9.1.0 R2502171040 Administration WebUI path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Waterfall WF-500 up to 7.9.1.0 R2502171040. This affects an unknown part of the component Administration WebUI. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-41268. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Waterfall WF-500 up to 7.9.1.0 R2502171040. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Administration WebUI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-23. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Nozomi Networks Labs identified a CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal in the Administration WebUI in Waterfall WF-500 TX and RX Hosts in version 7.9.1.0 R2502171040 that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the Host machines.

The weakness was presented by Luca Borzacchiello. The advisory is shared at nozominetworks.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-41268 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/29/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

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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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-23 / CWE-22
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
05/29/2026 +408 days Advisory disclosed
05/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: nozominetworks.com
Researcher: Luca Borzacchiello
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-41268 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-41268
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-367193

Entryinfo

Created: 05/29/2026 14:47
Changes: 05/29/2026 14:47 (65)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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