Edimax Edimax GS-5008PL up to 1.00.54 cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Edimax Edimax GS-5008PL up to 1.00.54. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-32840. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Edimax Edimax GS-5008PL up to 1.00.54. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Edimax GS-5008PL firmware version 1.00.54 and prior contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the system_name_set.cgi script that allows attackers to inject arbitrary script code by manipulating the sysName parameter. Attackers can send a crafted POST request with malicious script payload that executes when management pages including system_data.js are viewed by administrators.

The weakness was disclosed by Kazuma Matsumoto. The advisory is shared at edimax.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-32840 since 03/16/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• Edimax

Name

• Edimax GS-5008PL

Version

• 1.00.0
• 1.00.1
• 1.00.2
• 1.00.3
• 1.00.4
• 1.00.5
• 1.00.6
• 1.00.7
• 1.00.8
• 1.00.9
• 1.00.10
• 1.00.11
• 1.00.12
• 1.00.13
• 1.00.14
• 1.00.15
• 1.00.16
• 1.00.17
• 1.00.18
• 1.00.19
• 1.00.20
• 1.00.21
• 1.00.22
• 1.00.23
• 1.00.24
• 1.00.25
• 1.00.26
• 1.00.27
• 1.00.28
• 1.00.29
• 1.00.30
• 1.00.31
• 1.00.32
• 1.00.33
• 1.00.34
• 1.00.35
• 1.00.36
• 1.00.37
• 1.00.38
• 1.00.39
• 1.00.40
• 1.00.41
• 1.00.42
• 1.00.43
• 1.00.44
• 1.00.45
• 1.00.46
• 1.00.47
• 1.00.48
• 1.00.49
• 1.00.50
• 1.00.51
• 1.00.52
• 1.00.53
• 1.00.54

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• end of life

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