Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-48417

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 27 January 2025

Published
27 January 2025
Modified
28 May 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0018 39.4th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

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

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

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access
An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.
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

edimax
br-6476ac firmware
1.06

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.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

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