A security flaw has been discovered in Edimax EW-7438RPn 1.28a. Affected by this issue is the function formwlencrypt24g of the file /goform/formwlencrypt24g of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument key1 results in buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. 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

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Edimax EW-7438RPn affected
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1.28a affected —

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https://lavender-bicycle-a5a.notion.site/EDIMAX-EW-7438RPn-Mini-formwlencrypt24g-34b53a41781f808c99bcd687b351750b?source=copy_link cve-icon
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History

Sun, 24 May 2026 07:30:00 +0000

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Description A security flaw has been discovered in Edimax EW-7438RPn 1.28a. Affected by this issue is the function formwlencrypt24g of the file /goform/formwlencrypt24g of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument key1 results in buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Title Edimax EW-7438RPn POST Request formwlencrypt24g buffer overflow
First Time appeared Edimax
Edimax ew-7438rpn
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-120
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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-24T06:15:08.997Z

Reserved: 2026-05-23T09:58:10.907Z

Link: CVE-2026-9360

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Updated: 2026-05-24T08:30:05Z

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