A vulnerability was detected in Edimax BR-6208AC 1.02. This impacts the function handle_retr of the component FTP Daemon Service. The manipulation results in path traversal. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. Edimax confirms this issue: "This product is no longer available in the market and has been discontinued for five years. Consequently, Edimax no longer provides technical support, firmware updates, or security patches for this specific model. However, to ensure the safety of our remaining active users, we acknowledge this report and will take the following mitigation actions: (A) We will issue an official security advisory on our support website. (B) We will strongly advise users to disable the FTP service on this device to mitigate the reported risk, by which the product will still work for common use. (C) We will recommend users upgrade to newer, supported models." This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
References
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| https://tzh00203.notion.site/EDIMAX-BR-6208AC-V2_1-02-Path-Traversal-Vulnerability-in-FTPd-2c4b5c52018a80fb8812f7d510abf558?source=copy_link | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.337435 | Permissions Required VDB Entry |
| https://vuldb.com/?id.337435 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://vuldb.com/?submit.713704 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
12 Jan 2026, 17:01
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| References | () https://tzh00203.notion.site/EDIMAX-BR-6208AC-V2_1-02-Path-Traversal-Vulnerability-in-FTPd-2c4b5c52018a80fb8812f7d510abf558?source=copy_link - Exploit, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.337435 - Permissions Required, VDB Entry | |
| References | () https://vuldb.com/?id.337435 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
| References | () https://vuldb.com/?submit.713704 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:h:edimax:br-6208ac:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:edimax:br-6208ac_firmware:1.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Edimax
Edimax br-6208ac Firmware Edimax br-6208ac |
19 Dec 2025, 02:16
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-12-19 02:16
Updated : 2026-01-12 17:01
NVD link : CVE-2025-14910
Mitre link : CVE-2025-14910
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-14910
JSON object : View
Products Affected
edimax
- br-6208ac
- br-6208ac_firmware
CWE
CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
