A vulnerability was identified in Edimax EW-7438RPn 1.28a. Affected by this vulnerability is the function formHwSet of the file /goform/formHwSet of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument Anntena/Mcs/regDomain/nic0Addr/nic1Addr/wlanAddr/wanAddr/wlanSSID/wlanChan/comd/initgain/txcck/txofdm leads to command injection. The attack can be initiated 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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

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Edimax EW-7438RPn affected
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https://lavender-bicycle-a5a.notion.site/EDIMAX-EW-7438RPn-Mini-formHwSet-34b53a41781f80b98d10f0da699f2236?source=copy_link cve-icon
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History

Sun, 24 May 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was identified in Edimax EW-7438RPn 1.28a. Affected by this vulnerability is the function formHwSet of the file /goform/formHwSet of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument Anntena/Mcs/regDomain/nic0Addr/nic1Addr/wlanAddr/wanAddr/wlanSSID/wlanChan/comd/initgain/txcck/txofdm leads to command injection. The attack can be initiated 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.
Title Edimax EW-7438RPn POST Request formHwSet command injection
First Time appeared Edimax
Edimax ew-7438rpn
Weaknesses CWE-74
CWE-77
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:edimax:ew-7438rpn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Edimax
Edimax ew-7438rpn
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': '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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-24T06:00:14.879Z

Reserved: 2026-05-23T09:58:08.431Z

Link: CVE-2026-9359

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Updated: 2026-05-24T08:00:10Z

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