CVE-2023-25717
CVE-2023-25717 is a security flaw in Ruckus Wireless products. Attackers can run their own code on Ruckus Wireless products from anywhere, without logging in. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks on 12 May 2023.[1]
Ruckus Wireless products is in things households have: home and small-office routers, so the fix matters at home as much as at work. Ruckus Wireless has published a fix or advice.
Description
CISA calls it a multiple ruckus wireless products CSRF and RCE in Ruckus Wireless Multiple Products. In its words: “Ruckus Wireless Access Point (AP) software contains an unspecified vulnerability in the web services component. If the web services component is enabled on the AP, an attacker can perform cross-site request forgery (CSRF) or remote code execution (RCE). This vulnerability impacts Ruckus ZoneDirector, SmartZone, and Solo APs.”[1]
The underlying weakness is code injection (CWE-94), in MITRE’s list of common software weaknesses.[2]
It scores 9.8 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, which rates it critical, scored by NVD using CVSS 3.1.[2]
Affected versions
NVD’s record doesn’t list version ranges for it; Ruckus Wireless’s advisory has them[3]. CISA names the product as Ruckus Wireless Multiple Products.
Every device with Ruckus Wireless products needs the update.
Exploitation
CISA added it to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities on 12 May 2023, 88 days after it was made public. CISA lists a flaw only when it has reliable evidence of it being exploited, and gave US federal agencies until 2 Jun 2023 to fix it.[1]
FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System, which estimates how likely a flaw is to be used in attacks in the next 30 days from what it sees across the internet, puts it at 98%. That’s in the top 1% of the flaws it scores.[4]
CISA assesses it as automatable: attackers can run it against many targets at once.
CISA doesn’t say who was attacked, or how.
Fix
Ruckus Wireless has published a fix or advice.[3] CISA’s required action: “Apply updates per vendor instructions or disconnect product if it is end-of-life.”[1]
- Update Ruckus Wireless products now.Open the router’s app, or its admin page in a browser, and look for a firmware update. Then turn on automatic updates, so the next fix arrives on its own.
- If the maker has stopped updating it, replace it.Routers stop getting fixes after a few years, and attackers keep a list of the ones that did. If there’s no newer firmware, it won’t be fixed.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| The flaw is made public in the National Vulnerability Database, with a severity score of 9.8.[2] | |
| CISA adds it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks.[1] | |
| CISA’s deadline for US government agencies to fix it.[1] | |
| FIRST puts the odds of it being used in attacks in the next 30 days at 98%.[4] |
See also
Other code injection flaws
- CVE-2026-0322, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: code injection ·
- CVE-2026-65660, Microsoft SharePoint: code injection ·
- CVE-2026-60004, Gitea: code injection ·
- CVE-2026-72530, TrueConf Server: code injection ·
- CVE-2025-62593, Ray-Project Ray: code injection ·
Added the same day
- CVE-2021-3560, Red Hat Polkit: incorrect authorization ·
- CVE-2016-8735, Apache Tomcat: remote code execution ·
- CVE-2016-3427, Oracle Java SE and JRockit: unspecified ·
- CVE-2015-5317, Jenkins User Interface (UI): user interface (UI) information disclosure ·
- CVE-2014-0196, Linux Kernel: race condition ·
References
- ^ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “Multiple Ruckus Wireless Products CSRF and RCE Vulnerability”. Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, added 12 May 2023.
- ^ National Institute of Standards and Technology. “CVE-2023-25717 Detail”. National Vulnerability Database, published 13 Feb 2023.
- ^ Ruckus Wireless. Advisories and fixes: support.ruckuswireless.com.
- ^ FIRST. “Exploit Prediction Scoring System”. EPSS 0.981, percentile 99.9, 31 Oct 2026.
- CVE Program. “CVE-2023-25717”. The official CVE record.
This article is built from CISA’s catalog (version 2026.10.30), NVD’s record and FIRST’s scores, kept in HARD’s database and checked every morning. The plain English is HARD’s.