{"id":"CVE-2015-9266","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-9266","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T03:34:50.065Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2018-09-05T20:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:36:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["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"],"epss":{"score":0.73999,"percentile":0.99482,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2016-04-15","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":39701,"kind":"exploit","title":"AirOS 6.x - Arbitrary File Upload","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39701","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/cgi/webapps/39701.txt","file":"exploits/cgi/webapps/39701.txt","published":"2016-04-15","added":"2016-04-15","updated":"2019-02-01","author":"93c08539","type":"webapps","platform":"cgi","port":443,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2015-9266"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://hackerone.com/reports/73480"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-General-Discussion/Virus-attack-URGENT-UBNT/td-p/1562940","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Important-Security-Notice-and-airOS-5-6-5-Release/ba-p/1565949","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Security-Release-for-airMAX-TOUGHSwitch-and-airGateway-Released/ba-p/1300494","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/73480","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39701/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39853/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/ssh/ubiquiti_airos_file_upload","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-General-Discussion/Virus-attack-URGENT-UBNT/td-p/1562940","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Important-Security-Notice-and-airOS-5-6-5-Release/ba-p/1565949","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Security-Release-for-airMAX-TOUGHSwitch-and-airGateway-Released/ba-p/1300494","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/73480","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39701/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39853/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/ssh/ubiquiti_airos_file_upload","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9266","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}