A security flaw has been discovered in Edimax BR-6478AC 1.23. Affected by this issue is the function formiNICbasic of the file /goform/formiNICbasic of the component POST Request Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument rootAPmac results in command injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Edimax
  • Br-6478ac
  • Br-6478ac Firmware

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References
Link Providers
https://lavender-bicycle-a5a.notion.site/EDIMAX-BR6478ACV2-formiNICbasic-34b53a41781f808bbc45e8ca54f93dd1?source=copy_link cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/818450 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/365422 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/365422/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 26 May 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 25 May 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Edimax br-6478ac
Vendors & Products Edimax br-6478ac

Mon, 25 May 2026 09:45:00 +0000

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Description A security flaw has been discovered in Edimax BR-6478AC 1.23. Affected by this issue is the function formiNICbasic of the file /goform/formiNICbasic of the component POST Request Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument rootAPmac results in command injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Title Edimax BR-6478AC POST Request formiNICbasic command injection
First Time appeared Edimax
Edimax br-6478ac Firmware
Weaknesses CWE-74
CWE-77
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:edimax:br-6478ac_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Edimax
Edimax br-6478ac Firmware
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2026-05-25T08:15:09.211Z

Updated: 2026-05-26T16:00:18.869Z

Reserved: 2026-05-24T07:25:56.032Z

Link: CVE-2026-9441

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-26T16:00:15.695Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-25T10:16:15.780

Modified: 2026-05-26T19:37:00.120

Link: CVE-2026-9441

cve-icon Redhat

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