{"id":63444,"date":"2025-08-09T07:32:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T07:32:30","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-31T21:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T03:19:06","slug":"cve-2025-44963-ruckus-network-director-rnd-spoofing-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44963-ruckus-network-director-rnd-spoofing-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-44963: RUCKUS Network Director (RND) Spoofing Vulnerability<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-44963 is a major cybersecurity vulnerability affecting RUCKUS Network Director (RND) versions prior to 4.5. This flaw allows an attacker who knows a hardcoded secret key value to spoof an administrator JWT, effectively impersonating a system administrator. As system administrators have wide-ranging privileges, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6558-a-high-severity-sandbox-escape-vulnerability-in-google-chrome\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71002\">vulnerability presents a severe<\/a> security risk that could lead to potential system compromise or data leakage. Organizations using affected RND versions should immediately take steps to mitigate this threat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-44963<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical, CVSS score 9.0<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8040-memory-safety-bugs-causing-potential-system-compromise-in-firefox-and-thunderbird\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71332\">System compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2161882340\" 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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44961-os-command-injection-vulnerability-in-ruckus-smartzone-prior-to-6-1-2p3-refresh-build\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75011\">RUCKUS Network Director | Versions prior<\/a> to 4.5<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit operates by leveraging a hardcoded secret key value within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52950-unauthorized-access-exploitation-in-juniper-networks-security-director\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71331\">RUCKUS<\/a> Network Director software. An attacker with knowledge of this value can use it to spoof an administrator JWT, effectively gaining the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44655-unauthorized-access-and-privilege-escalation-in-totolink-routers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73284\">access and privileges<\/a> as a system administrator. This could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands, alter system configurations, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6505-unauthorized-access-and-impersonation-vulnerability-in-progress-software-s-hybrid-data-pipeline-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71408\">access and exfiltrate sensitive data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4216872879\" 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>Below is a conceptual example of how this vulnerability might be exploited. This is a simplified example and actual exploitation could be more complex, potentially involving further steps or techniques.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/admin\/auth HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{\n&quot;token&quot;: &quot;eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkFkbWluIiwiaWF0IjoxNTE2MjM5MDIyfQ.SflKxwRJSMeKKF2QT4fwpMeJf36POk6yJV_adQssw5c&quot;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-9408-server-side-request-forgery-attack-in-eclipse-glassfish\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77344\">attacker sends a POST request<\/a> to the \/admin\/auth endpoint with a spoofed JWT token. This token claims the identity of an administrator, granting the attacker admin-level <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4855-unauthorized-access-vulnerability-in-support-board-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70986\">access if the system is vulnerable<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44955-critical-vulnerability-in-ruckus-network-director-allows-jail-users-to-gain-root-access\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75979\">Users of RUCKUS Network Director<\/a> should upgrade to version 4.5 or later immediately. If for some reason an immediate upgrade is not possible, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) could be used as temporary mitigation. However, these are not long-term solutions and could still leave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21445-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-virtual-machines-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75012\">systems vulnerable<\/a> to other attack vectors. Therefore, applying the vendor patch remains the best solution to this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-44963 is a major cybersecurity vulnerability affecting RUCKUS Network Director (RND) versions prior to 4.5. This flaw allows an attacker who knows a hardcoded secret key value to spoof an administrator JWT, effectively impersonating a system administrator. As system administrators have wide-ranging privileges, this vulnerability presents a severe security risk that could lead to [&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":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-63444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63444","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=63444"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69699,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63444\/revisions\/69699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63444"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=63444"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=63444"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=63444"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=63444"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=63444"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=63444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}