CVE-2026-13562
Received Received - Intake

Buffer Overflow in Edimax EW-7478APC Firmware

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-13562, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-06-29

Last updated on: 2026-06-29

Assigner: VulDB

Description

A flaw has been found in Edimax EW-7478APC 1.04. This affects the function formiNICSiteSurvey of the file /goform/formiNICSiteSurvey of the component POST Request Handler. This manipulation of the argument selSSID causes buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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Published
2026-06-29
Last Modified
2026-06-29
Generated
2026-06-29
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2026-06-29
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Affected Vendors & Products

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Vendor Product Version / Range
edimax ew-7478apc 1.04

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Exploitability

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CWE-119 The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
CWE-120 The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a buffer overflow flaw found in the Edimax EW-7478APC device, specifically in the function formiNICSiteSurvey within the POST Request Handler component. The issue arises from improper handling of the argument selSSID, which can be manipulated to cause a buffer overflow. This flaw can be exploited remotely, and a public exploit is already available.

Impact Analysis

Exploiting this vulnerability can lead to severe impacts including unauthorized remote code execution or denial of service on the affected device. Since it is a buffer overflow vulnerability that can be triggered remotely without user interaction, attackers could potentially take control of the device or disrupt its normal operation.

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