A vulnerability was found in Edimax BR-6208AC 2_1.02. The affected element is the function auth_check_userpass2. Performing a manipulation of the argument Username/Password results in use of default credentials. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor confirms that the affected product is end-of-life. They confirm that they "will issue a consolidated Security Advisory on our official support website." This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
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Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Edimax
Edimax br-6208ac
Vendors & Products Edimax
Edimax br-6208ac

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:30:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was found in Edimax BR-6208AC 2_1.02. The affected element is the function auth_check_userpass2. Performing a manipulation of the argument Username/Password results in use of default credentials. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor confirms that the affected product is end-of-life. They confirm that they "will issue a consolidated Security Advisory on our official support website." This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Title Edimax BR-6208AC auth_check_userpass2 default credentials
Weaknesses CWE-1392
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-06T01:02:06.557Z

Reserved: 2026-02-05T13:19:55.727Z

Link: CVE-2026-1972

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-06T02:16:04.633

Modified: 2026-02-06T15:14:47.703

Link: CVE-2026-1972

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-06T12:04:47Z

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