Vulnerability · Published Jun 29, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-13538Wavlink WL-NU516U1-A POST Parameter wireless.cgi sub_401D68 command injection
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity command injection in WL-NU516U1-A from Wavlink. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.2% (higher than 82% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability was determined in Wavlink WL-NU516U1-A M16U1_V240425. The affected element is the function sub_401D68 of the file /cgi-bin/wireless.cgi of the component POST Parameter Handler. This manipulation of the argument SSID2G2/SSID5G2/AuthMethod2/WPAPSK12 causes command injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The affected component should be upgraded. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Wavlink | WL-NU516U1-A | M16U1_V240425 |
Weakness: CWE-77, CWE-74 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
References
- VDB-374546 | Wavlink WL-NU516U1-A POST Parameter wireless.cgi sub_401D68 command injection vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-374546 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-13538 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #834019 | Wavlink WL-NU516U1-A M16U1_V240425 Command Injection third-party-advisory
- Submit #834021 | Wavlink WL-NU516U1-A M16U1_V240425 Command Injection (Duplicate) third-party-advisory
- Submit #834022 | Wavlink WL-NU516U1-A M16U1_V240425 Command Injection (Duplicate) third-party-advisory
- Submit #834023 | Wavlink WL-NU516U1-A M16U1_V240425 Command Injection (Duplicate) third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/Svigo-o/Wavlink_vul/tree/main/wavlink-wl-nu516u1-wireless-multissid-ssid2g2-command-injection related
- https://github.com/Svigo-o/Wavlink_vul/tree/main/wavlink-wl-nu516u1-wireless-multissid-ssid5g2-command-injection exploit
- https://dl.wavlink.com/firmware/RD/WINSTAR_NU516U1-WO-A-2026-06-22-5ccde97-mt7628-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin patch