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Description

A vulnerability was detected in Wavlink NU516U1 240425. The affected element is the function WifiBasic of the file /cgi-bin/wireless.cgi. Performing a manipulation of the argument AuthMethod/EncrypType results in os command injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-09 | Published 2026-05-10 | Updated 2026-05-10 | Assigner VulDB




MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
MEDIUM: 6.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
MEDIUM: 6.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
6.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR

Problem types

OS Command Injection

Command Injection

Product status

240425
affected

Timeline

2026-05-09:Advisory disclosed
2026-05-09:VulDB entry created
2026-05-09:VulDB entry last update

Credits

Ziyue Xie (VulDB User) reporter

VulDB CNA Team coordinator

References

vuldb.com/vuln/362446 (VDB-362446 | Wavlink NU516U1 wireless.cgi WifiBasic os command injection) vdb-entry technical-description

vuldb.com/vuln/362446/cti (VDB-362446 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/submit/800734 (Submit #800734 | Wavlink NU516U1 M16U1_V240425 Command Injection) third-party-advisory

github.com/wudipjq/my_vuln/blob/main/Wavlink/vuln_8/8.md exploit

cve.org (CVE-2026-8229)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-8229)

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