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CVE-2025-46116: CommScope Ruckus Unleashed · Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High · fixed in 200.17.7.0.139 : patch CommScope Ruckus Unleashed soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 11:42 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 45% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Affects
CommScope Ruckus Unleashed prior to 200.15.6.212.14
Patch
Available – fixed in 200.17.7.0.139, 200.15.6.212.14, 10.5.1.0.279
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 21 Jul 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate this vulnerability, European organizations should take the following specific actions: 1) Immediately identify all affected Ruckus Unleashed and ZoneDirector devices within their environment. 2) Restrict management API access to trusted administrators only, ideally via network segmentation and VPNs, to reduce the attack surface. 3) Enforce strong authentication mechanisms and rotate credentials regularly to prevent unauthorized authenticated access. 4) Monitor device logs and network traffic for unusual API calls or shell escapes indicative of exploitation attempts. 6) Consider disabling or restricting access to hidden or undocumented CLI commands where possible. 7) Implement network-level controls such as intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS) tuned to detect anomalous management API activity. 8) Conduct regular security audits and penetration testing focused on wireless infrastructure to identify and remediate privilege escalation paths.

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.

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