CVE-2025-28146
RCE in Edimax Br-6478Ac V3 Firmware 1.0.15
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-28146 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Edimax Br-6478Ac V3 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked in the top 4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
The vulnerability CVE-2025-28146 is a command injection flaw, tracked as CWE-94, in the Edimax AC1200 Wave 2 Dual-Band Gigabit Router BR-6478AC V3 running firmware 1.0.15. It resides in the handling of the fota_url parameter passed to the /boafrm/formLtefotaUpgradeQuectel endpoint and received a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8.
Remote attackers with no credentials or user interaction required can supply crafted input to the endpoint and execute arbitrary operating-system commands on the device. Successful exploitation yields complete control over the router, enabling full read, write, and disruption of device functions and any attached networks.
Public references consist of a technical gist and GitHub repository that reproduce the flaw; neither source nor the CVE record itself documents vendor patches, firmware updates, or recommended mitigations. The associated EPSS score has reached 0.3888 at its observed peak.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-9760
Vulnerability Data
Edimax AC1200 Wave 2 Dual-Band Gigabit Router BR-6478AC V3 1.0.15 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via fota_url in /boafrm/formLtefotaUpgradeQuectel
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Control response
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V1.3.1
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation finds code paths that accept and execute externally influenced strings.
Input validation directly stops untrusted data from being used to construct executable code without neutralization.
Least privilege limits the damage an injected code fragment can perform once executed.
Requiring documented secure development standards and tools enforces use of safe code-generation APIs and escaping.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
PR.PS-06's SDLC practices directly target injection flaws via secure coding and testing (mostly), yet as a single broad outcome it leaves many code-generation specifics unaddressed (partial).
PR.DS-10 protects runtime data confidentiality/integrity but has no bearing on neutralizing externally influenced input during code generation, so neither direction shows any preventive effect.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Banning unapproved code samples and unauthenticated web services, combined with secure-coding standards and SAST, prevents the dynamic generation or inclusion of attacker-supplied code.
Controls that restrict unauthorized or malicious code from being introduced via external networks or removable media limit opportunities for an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code.