Description
A vulnerability was detected in Edimax EW-7478APC 1.04. Affected is the function formWlSiteSurvey of the file /goform/formWlSiteSurvey. Performing a manipulation of the argument selSSID results in buffer overflow. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Published: 2026-08-16
Score: 9.4 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 23:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability was detected in Edimax EW-7478APC 1.04. Affected is the function formWlSiteSurvey of the file /goform/formWlSiteSurvey. Performing a manipulation of the argument selSSID results in buffer overflow. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Title Edimax EW-7478APC formWlSiteSurvey buffer overflow
First Time appeared Edimax
Edimax ew-7478apc
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-120
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:edimax:ew-7478apc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Edimax
Edimax ew-7478apc
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 9, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P'}


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Edimax Ew-7478apc
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-16T23:00:15.655Z

Reserved: 2026-08-16T07:07:45.859Z

Link: CVE-2026-19961

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-16T23:16:25.050

Modified: 2026-08-16T23:16:25.050

Link: CVE-2026-19961

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Updated: 2026-08-17T00:30:02Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-119

    Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

  • CWE-120

    Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')