CVE-2015-9266
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 74.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 74.00% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 15 April 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- ui/airmax ac firmware · ui/airmax m xm firmware · ui/airmax m xw firmware · ui/airmax m ti firmware · ui/airgateway firmware · ui/airfiber af24 firmware · ui/airfiber af24hd firmware · ui/af5x firmware · ui/af5 firmware · ubnt/airos 4 xs2 · ubnt/airos 4 xs5 · ubnt/edgeswitch xp firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 74.0% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-General-Discussion/Virus-attack-URGENT-UBNT/td-p/1562940Vendor Advisory
- https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Important-Security-Notice-and-airOS-5-6-5-Release/ba-p/1565949Vendor Advisory
- https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Security-Release-for-airMAX-TOUGHSwitch-and-airGateway-Released/ba-p/1300494Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/73480Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39701/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39853/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/ssh/ubiquiti_airos_file_uploadExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-General-Discussion/Virus-attack-URGENT-UBNT/td-p/1562940Vendor Advisory
- https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Important-Security-Notice-and-airOS-5-6-5-Release/ba-p/1565949Vendor Advisory
- https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Security-Release-for-airMAX-TOUGHSwitch-and-airGateway-Released/ba-p/1300494Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/73480Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39701/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39853/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/ssh/ubiquiti_airos_file_uploadExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.