Medium 6.3Published May 9, 2026

CVE-2026-8189Wavlink NU516U1 adm.cgi wzdrepeater os command injection

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 11:50 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

A vulnerability was found in Wavlink NU516U1 M16U1_V240425. Affected by this vulnerability is the function wzdrepeater of the file /cgi-bin/adm.cgi. The manipulation of the argument wlan_bssid/sel_Automode/sel_EncrypTyp results in os command injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.

CVSS: 6.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
Weakness (CWE): CWE-78, CWE-77
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulDB
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Wavlink NU516U1 wavlink:nu516u1 (from the name)	M16U1_V240425	CNA record
wavlink wl-nu516u1_firmware wavlink:wl-nu516u1_firmware	m16u1_v240425	NVD

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/362341vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/vuln/362341/ctisignature, permissions-required, vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/submit/800728third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://github.com/wudipjq/my_vuln/blob/main/Wavlink/vuln_2/2.mdexploit, third-party-advisory

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