# CVE-2025-1612: Edimax BR-6288ACL wireless5g_basic.asp cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the SSID parameter in the wireless configuration interface of Edimax BR-6288ACL routers.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-68w9-v33r-f9jp

## What is CVE-2025-1612?

CVE-2025-1612 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Edimax BR-6288ACL, published on 24 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Edimax BR-6288ACL 1.30. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file wireless5g_basic.asp. The manipulation of the argument SSID leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1612?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Edimax Br-6288acl Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-1612?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1612 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-1612 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1612 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Edimax BR-6288ACL

- [CVE-2023-33722](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33722/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-1971](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1971/): Edimax BR-6288ACL wiz_WISP24gmanual.asp wiz_WISP24gmanual cross site scripting (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-1612 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-1612 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Edimax BR-6288ACL, published on 24 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1612 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Edimax BR-6288ACL. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1612/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1612/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1612
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1612
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1612

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1612/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.