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CVE-2025-68916VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-68916: Riello NetMan · Path Traversal: '/../filedir'

Affects Riello NetManSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.1 Critical.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.1Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 85% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 24 Dec 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 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Riello NetManAffected
  • =208
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

1. Immediate mitigation should focus on restricting access to the NetMan 208 management interface to trusted administrators only, using network segmentation and firewall rules to limit exposure. 2. Enforce strong authentication mechanisms and monitor for unusual login activity to prevent unauthorized privileged access. 3. Implement strict access controls and audit logging on the device to detect any suspicious file upload attempts or directory traversal activities. 4. If possible, disable or restrict the cgi-bin/certsupload.cgi endpoint until a vendor patch is available. 5. Regularly check for and apply vendor updates or patches as soon as they are released to remediate the vulnerability. 6. Employ intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS) with signatures or heuristics to detect attempts to exploit path traversal in the affected CGI script. 7. Conduct internal security awareness training to reduce the risk of credential compromise that could lead to privilege escalation. 8. Consider deploying application-layer gateways or reverse proxies that can sanitize or block malicious path traversal payloads targeting the device. 9. Maintain backups and incident response plans to quickly recover from potential compromise. These steps go beyond generic advice by focusing on access restriction, monitoring, and compensating controls specific to the vulnerable component and its operational context.

Description

Riello UPS NetMan 208 Application before 1.12 allows cgi-bin/certsupload.cgi /../ directory traversal for file upload with resultant code execution.

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