CVE-2025-41271
Remote unauthenticated path traversal in Waterfall WF-500 WebUI reads files.
Is CVE-2025-41271 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-41271 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.43% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-41271?
CVE-2025-41271 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-41271?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-41271. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-41271 affect?
CVE-2025-41271 affects Waterfall WF-500 TX, Waterfall WF-500 RX, Waterfall Console WebUI. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-41271?
Monitor exposure and plan patch when released
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the device via the WebUI.
Monitor only
- affected<= 7.9.1.0 R2502171040
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.