CVE-2015-9266

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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 9.8 (CRITICAL)

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

5.7/10

General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: PoC published; attacks unconfirmed

Why this priority?

Technical severity: CVSS 9.8: +3.43
Fresh EPSS: 74.00%: +1.85
Published PoC; attacks unconfirmed: +0.40

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Based on public data to date.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)

0/100

Press, 30 days (60%)

0/100

Grounded branding (15%)

0/100

HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

No source documents yet.

Score evolution

● Hype ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 5.7 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Source entries and unverified repository candidates are counted separately.

Public exploit evidence

exploitdb #39701 2016-04-15

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence: PoC published; attacks unconfirmed
Priority basis: Exploitation in attacks unconfirmed; CVSS 9.8; EPSS 74.0%
Attention, last 30 days: 0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential: network access, no prior privileges, no user interaction.
Observed activity: Public PoC evidence is present.
Known scale: Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis: Published PoC artifact; functionality unverified

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:57:42.957206+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline

Published

05 Sep 2018, 21:00

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:57

PoCs on GitHub

1 repositories