CVE-2026-13580
HIGH 8.7 PoC AVAILABLEA security vulnerability has been detected in Edimax EW-7478APC 1.04. This affects the function formQoS of the file /goform/formQoS of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument selSSID leads to buffer overflow. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Public exploit or PoC code exists. Modeled probability is still low, but the barrier to attack is reduced — watch closely.
Exploitation likelihood
0.4%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 36th percentile
Impact if exploited
8.7CVSS 4.0 · HIGH
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ⚠Privileges: Requires a low-privilege account
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
- ✓Requirements: No special attack requirements
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept & exploit code
- PoC https://lavender-bicycle-a5a.notion.site/EDIMAX-EW-7478APC-formQoS-34b53a41781f8095bffacdea103a82d1
Listed for defensive triage and patch prioritization.
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-120: Classic buffer overflow
- CWE-119: Memory buffer overflow
CVSS 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