Edimax GS-5008PL up to 1.00.54 cleartext storage

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A vulnerability has been found in Edimax GS-5008PL up to 1.00.54 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in cleartext storage. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-32842. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Edimax GS-5008PL up to 1.00.54. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Edimax GS-5008PL firmware version 1.00.54 and prior contain an insecure credential storage vulnerability that allows attackers to obtain administrator credentials by accessing configuration backup files. Attackers can download the config.bin file through fupload.cgi to extract plaintext username and password fields for unauthorized administrative access.

The weakness was shared by Kazuma Matsumoto. It is possible to read the advisory at edimax.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-32842 since 03/16/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1555 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

• 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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