Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain low-privileged router credentials
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DeliveryAuthenticate to web admin interface
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ExploitCraft malicious POST to /goform/formAccept
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ExecutionInject shell commands via submit-url parameter
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ImpactExecute arbitrary OS commands on router
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Command injection prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | The vulnerable endpoint /goform/formAccept is part of the router's standard web administration interface and is active by default - no special non-default configuration is required to expose the vulnerable code path. Exploitation is gated by the authentication requirement confirmed by CVSS PR:L: the attacker must hold at minimum a low-privileged authenticated session on the web management interface before the injection is reachable. Unauthenticated remote attackers cannot directly exploit this flaw without first obtaining valid credentials. No user interaction is required beyond authentication (UI:N). If WAN-side remote management is enabled on the device, the attack surface extends to the internet; if management is LAN-only, exploitation is limited to network-adjacent or LAN-authenticated actors. The attack has no additional technical complexity requirements (AC:L, AT:N), meaning any authenticated user with HTTP access to the management interface can exploit it without special tooling beyond the documented POC. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 score of 2.1 is notably low for a network-accessible command injection, driven entirely by all-Low confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact ratings (VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N) and the PR:L authenticated requirement - this creates a meaningful tension with the realistic severity of command injection on a router, which typically yields full device control. The low score may reflect a conservative scope assessment confined to the router's own context rather than the broader network. CVSS vector signals: attack is network-reachable (AV:N), low complexity (AC:L), no additional attack requirements (AT:N), no user interaction (UI:N), but requires low-level authenticated access (PR:L). The E:P modifier confirms POC maturity. EPSS at 0.84% (75th percentile) indicates moderate relative exploitation interest - above average but not mass-targeted. No KEV listing means CISA has not confirmed active exploitation. For defenders: the combination of public POC, unresponsive vendor, and no available patch materially elevates real-world risk beyond the 2.1 CVSS score. Organizations may deprioritize this due to the low score - that assessment should be revisited for any internet-facing deployment. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who has obtained low-privileged credentials to the Edimax BR-6478AC web interface - through credential stuffing, default password use, or prior compromise - sends a crafted HTTP POST request to /goform/formAccept with a submit-url value containing injected shell commands (e.g., submit-url=value;malicious_command). The router's CGI handler passes this unsanitized value to a system shell call, executing the attacker's commands with the firmware process's privileges. The public Notion-hosted proof-of-concept provides step-by-step reproduction details, meaning script-level attackers can execute this without deep technical knowledge. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jun 08, 2026
Command injection in the Edimax BR-6478AC 1.23 wireless router's formAccept POST handler allows an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands by injecting shell metacharacters into the submit-url argument at /goform/formAccept. A public proof-of-concept exploit is documented via a Notion writeup, lowering the bar for exploitation; the vendor did not respond to responsible disclosure, leaving no patch available. No public exploit identified at time of analysis conflicts with KEV status - active exploitation is not confirmed by CISA, but EPSS at 0.84% (75th percentile) signals above-average relative exploitation interest given the public POC.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch has been identified at time of analysis - the vendor did not respond to the security researcher's disclosure, and no patched firmware version is referenced in any available source. As an immediate compensating control, disable WAN-side remote management on the router to prevent internet-facing exposure, restricting the attack surface to authenticated LAN-side users only; this mitigates network-reachable exploitation from external attackers but does not eliminate risk from compromised internal hosts. Enforce strong, unique credentials on the web administration interface, since PR:L requires at minimum low-privileged access - eliminating weak or default credentials raises the exploitation bar. Consider network-level access controls (e.g., firewall rules restricting HTTP access to the router's management port to a specific management VLAN or host) as an additional layer. Given the vendor's non-response, long-term remediation should include device replacement with a supported model receiving active security updates. Monitor VulDB (https://vuldb.com/vuln/365421) and NVD (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9440) for any future patch announcement.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The Edimax BR-6478AC is a consumer/SOHO wireless router running embedded Linux firmware. The vulnerable component is the formAccept CGI handler, accessible via HTTP POST to /goform/formAccept - a pattern common in embedded router web servers where CGI functions directly invoke shell commands with user-supplied input. The root cause is CWE-77 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command), meaning the submit-url POST parameter is concatenated into a shell command without sanitization, permitting shell metacharacter injection (semicolons, backticks, pipes) to break context. The CPE identifier cpe:2.3:a:edimax:br-6478ac:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* covers this product family as catalogued by NVD. This vulnerability class is endemic to legacy router firmware where input validation is absent at the CGI layer.
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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
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CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB
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2DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability was identified in Edimax BR-6478AC 1.23. Affected by this vulnerability is the function formAccept of the file /goform/formAccept of the component POST Request Handler. Such manipulation of the argument submit-url leads to command injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.
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