What is CVE-2025-70161?

CVE-2025-70161 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Edimax Br-6208ac, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2025-70161?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Edimax Br-6208ac

CVE-2025-70161

EDIMAX BR-6208AC V2_1.02 is vulnerable to Command Injection. This arises because the pppUserName field is directly passed to a shell command via the system() function without proper sanitization. An attacker can exploit this by injecting m…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.241 (97.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Edimax Br-6208ac — versions 2.0
Edimax Br-6208ac_firmware — versions 1.03
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-70161?: CVE-2025-70161 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Edimax Br-6208ac, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-70161?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.