{"id":59679,"date":"2025-07-27T10:31:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T10:31:06","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-21T17:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T23:37:22","slug":"cve-2025-44658-serious-php-fpm-misconfiguration-vulnerability-in-netgear-rax30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44658-serious-php-fpm-misconfiguration-vulnerability-in-netgear-rax30\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-44658: Serious PHP-FPM Misconfiguration Vulnerability in Netgear RAX30<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability CVE-2025-44658 is a serious threat affecting Netgear RAX30 routers running the version V1.0.10.94. This vulnerability arises due to an oversight in the PHP-FPM settings that do not follow the specification to limit FPM usage solely to .php extensions. This flaw can be leveraged by an attacker to upload and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50754-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-leading-to-remote-code-execution-in-unisite-cms-5-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74689\">execute malicious scripts<\/a> with alternate extensions, undermining security protocols based on file extension filtering. The implications are substantial, ranging from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-26074-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-orkes-conductor-v3-21-11\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69918\">remote code execution<\/a> to potential full-system compromise. Everyone running the affected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46198-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-grav-versions-1-7-46-to-1-7-48\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69914\">version of Netgear RAX30 must be aware of this vulnerability<\/a> and its potential implications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-44658<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS: 9.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: Remote code execution, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45620-remote-information-disclosure-vulnerability-in-aver-ptc310uv2\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70182\">information disclosure<\/a>, potential full system compromise<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3133130657\" 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>Netgear RAX30 | V1.0.10.94<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An attacker exploiting this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-33077-local-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-ibm-engineering-systems-design-rhapsody\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69916\">vulnerability would first identify a target system<\/a> running the vulnerable version of Netgear RAX30. The attacker then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52187-critical-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-getprojectsidea-create-school-management-system-1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70255\">creates a malicious script<\/a>, disguising it with a non-.php extension to bypass the file extension filter. This malicious script is then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6079-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-school-management-system-for-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80612\">uploaded to the target system<\/a>, possibly using an exposed web service. Due to the misconfiguration in PHP-FPM settings, the web server executes these scripts as though they were PHP, allowing the attacker to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54416-arbitrary-command-execution-vulnerability-in-tj-actions-branch-names-github-action\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69915\">execute arbitrary<\/a> code, disclose sensitive information, or even compromise the entire system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2186087090\" 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>Here&#8217;s a conceptual example of an HTTP POST request to upload a malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-57151-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-phpgurukul-complaint-management-system-2-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87787\">script to the target system<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/upload_file HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/octet-stream\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=&quot;file&quot;; filename=&quot;exploit.jpg&quot;\n{ binary data }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, `exploit.jpg` is a malicious script disguised as an image file. Once uploaded, due to the PHP-FPM misconfiguration, it could be executed as a PHP script, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7805-critical-vulnerability-in-tenda-fh451-1-0-0-9-leading-to-remote-buffer-overflow-attacks\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69917\">leading to potential remote<\/a> code execution or full system compromise.<br \/>\nPlease note that this example is purely conceptual and does not represent an actual exploit. It&#8217;s provided to help understand how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-10057-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-wp-import-ultimate-csv-xml-importer-for-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90916\">vulnerability might be exploited and emphasizes the importance<\/a> of taking appropriate mitigation steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The vulnerability CVE-2025-44658 is a serious threat affecting Netgear RAX30 routers running the version V1.0.10.94. This vulnerability arises due to an oversight in the PHP-FPM settings that do not follow the specification to limit FPM usage solely to .php extensions. This flaw can be leveraged by an attacker to upload and execute malicious scripts [&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-59679","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\/59679","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=59679"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83861,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59679\/revisions\/83861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59679"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=59679"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=59679"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=59679"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=59679"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=59679"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=59679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}