Description
A vulnerability was detected in Edimax EW-7438RPn 1.31. This affects the function formHwSet of the file /goform/formHwSet. The manipulation of the argument Anntena/Mcs/regDomain/nic0Addr/nic1Addr/wlanAddr/wanAddr/wlanSSID/wlanChan/initgain/txcck/txofdm/submit-url results in stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be executed 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: 2026-05-25
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 26 May 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Mon, 25 May 2026 05:15:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was detected in Edimax EW-7438RPn 1.31. This affects the function formHwSet of the file /goform/formHwSet. The manipulation of the argument Anntena/Mcs/regDomain/nic0Addr/nic1Addr/wlanAddr/wanAddr/wlanSSID/wlanChan/initgain/txcck/txofdm/submit-url results in stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be executed 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-7438RPn formHwSet stack-based overflow
First Time appeared Edimax
Edimax ew-7438rpn
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-121
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:edimax:ew-7438rpn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Edimax
Edimax ew-7438rpn
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': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


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Edimax Ew-7438rpn
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-26T14:12:17.764Z

Reserved: 2026-05-24T06:59:18.177Z

Link: CVE-2026-9426

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-26T14:12:05.943Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-25T05:16:17.130

Modified: 2026-06-17T11:05:13.703

Link: CVE-2026-9426

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-05-25T08:00:11Z

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