Edimax EW-7478APC POST Request formQoS buffer overflow

published 2026-06-29 4 mo ago modified 2026-10-25 14 d ago also EUVD-2026-40124

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits: 0; none known

A 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.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 4 mo ago (2026-06-29)

Exploit prediction

0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

lavender-bicycle-a5a.notion.site https://lavender-bicycle-a5a.notion.site/EDIMAX-EW-7478APC-formQoS-34b53a41781f8095bffacdea103a82d1 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	8.7	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
CNA	3.1	8.8	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
CNA	3.0	8.8	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
CNA	2.0	9.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR
CNA	4.0	7.4	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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	2.0	9.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Edimax EW-7478APC

Classification

Weakness

CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

lavender-bicycle-a5a.notion.site /EDIMAX-EW-7478APC-formQoS-34b53a41781f8095bffacdea103a82d1
broken-link, exploit
vuldb.com /vuln/374586
vdb-entry, technical-description
vuldb.com /vuln/374586/cti
signature, permissions-required
vuldb.com /cve/CVE-2026-13580
third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /submit/844115
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-13580
NVD CVE-2026-13580

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Summary