CVE-2024-48417
Published: 27 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-48417 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Edimax Br-6476Ac Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.2 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 39.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-43239
Vulnerability details
Edimax AC1200 Wi-Fi 5 Dual-Band Router BR-6476AC 1.06 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in : /bin/goahead via /goform/setStaticRoute, /goform/fromSetFilterUrlFilter, and /goform/fromSetFilterClientFilter.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
XSS vulnerability in the router's web management interface (/goform/setStaticRoute, etc.) enables exploitation of a public-facing web application (T1190) and stealing admin web session cookies via injected JavaScript (T1539).
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.