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.
History

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


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

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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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

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

Updated: 2026-08-17T16:14:40.396Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-19961

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-17T16:13:27.200Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

Modified: 2026-08-17T16:16:53.947

Link: CVE-2026-19961

cve-icon Redhat

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