A security vulnerability has been detected in Edimax BR-6428nC up to 1.16. This impacts an unknown function of the file /goform/setWAN. Such manipulation of the argument pptpDfGateway  leads to buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. 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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

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 High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00041.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Edimax BR-6428nC affected
Version Status Constraints
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References
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https://tzh00203.notion.site/Edimax-BR-6428nC-v1-16-setWAN-pptpDfGateway-Stack-Overflow-33db5c52018a80c1835dd4fab4b6c7f2 cve-icon cve-icon
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History

Mon, 04 May 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Mon, 04 May 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Edimax
Edimax br-6428nc
Vendors & Products Edimax
Edimax br-6428nc

Sun, 03 May 2026 07:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A security vulnerability has been detected in Edimax BR-6428nC up to 1.16. This impacts an unknown function of the file /goform/setWAN. Such manipulation of the argument pptpDfGateway  leads to buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. 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.
Title Edimax BR-6428nC setWAN buffer overflow
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-120
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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-04T17:50:56.333Z

Reserved: 2026-05-02T11:05:22.746Z

Link: CVE-2026-7684

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-04T16:22:28.065Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-03T07:16:25.200

Modified: 2026-05-05T19:30:15.207

Link: CVE-2026-7684

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-04T16:06:34Z

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