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CVE-2015-9266

CRITICAL

The web management interface of Ubiquiti airMAX, airFiber, airGateway and EdgeSwitch XP (formerly TOUGHSwitch) allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload and write arbitrary files using directory traversal techniques. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges. This vulnerability is fixed in the following product versions (fixes released in July 2015, all prior versions are affected): airMAX AC 7.1.3; airMAX M (and airRouter) 5.6.2 XM/XW/TI, 5.5.11 XM/TI, and 5.5.10u2 XW; airGateway 1.1.5; airFiber AF24/AF24HD 2.2.1, AF5x 3.0.2.1, and AF5 2.2.1; airOS 4 XS2/XS5 4.0.4; and EdgeSwitch XP (formerly TOUGHSwitch) 1.3.2.

Published: Sep 5, 2018 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-22

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (12)

Vendor Product Version
ui airmax_ac_firmware 7.1.3
ui airmax_m_xm_firmware * < 5.6.2
ui airmax_m_xw_firmware * < 5.6.2
ui airmax_m_ti_firmware * < 5.6.2
ui airgateway_firmware * < 1.15
ui airfiber_af24_firmware * < 2.2.1
ui airfiber_af24hd_firmware * < 2.2.1
ui af5x_firmware * < 3.0.2.1
ui af5_firmware * < 2.2.1
ubnt airos_4_xs2 * < 4.0.4
ubnt airos_4_xs5 * < 4.0.4
ubnt edgeswitch_xp_firmware * < 1.3.2

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-8gj2-cpjj-73rf

The web management interface of Ubiquiti airMAX, airFiber, airGateway and EdgeSwitch XP (formerly...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 74.00%

Top 1% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 71.4 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub