CVE-2015-9266

CRITICAL

UI Airmax AC Firmware < 5.6.2 - Path Traversal

Title source: rule

Description

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.

Exploits (3)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by 93c08539 · textwebappscgi
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39701
metasploit WORKING POC EXCELLENT
by 93c08539, wvu · rubypocunix
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/ubiquiti_airos_file_upload.rb
exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Metasploit · rubyremoteunix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39853

References (7)

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.7954
EPSS Percentile 99.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-22
Status published

Affected Products (12)

ui/airmax_ac_firmware
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

Timeline

Published Sep 05, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026