# CVE-2025-44658: In Netgear RAX30 V1.0.10.94, a PHP-FPM misconfiguration vulnerability is caused by not following the specification to only limit FPM to .php

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-07-21 · Updated: 2025-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In Netgear RAX30 V1.0.10.94, a PHP-FPM misconfiguration vulnerability is caused by not following the specification to only limit FPM to .php extensions. An attacker may exploit this by uploading malicious scripts disguised with alternate extensions and tricking the web server into executing them as PHP, bypassing security mechanisms based on file extension filtering. This may lead to remote code execution (RCE), information disclosure, or full system compromise.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://www.netgear.com/about/security/
- https://gist.github.com/TPCchecker/c72eea7a3f89070dab7dfdbf7504b2d6
- https://www.notion.so/CVE-2025-44658-24754a1113e780df8f72c779a108f75b

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