Vulnerability · Published May 10, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-8228Wavlink NU516U1 wireless.cgi advance os command injection

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity OS command injection in NU516U1 from Wavlink. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 7.8% (higher than 95% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)7.8%top 5.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A security vulnerability has been detected in Wavlink NU516U1 240425. Impacted is the function advance of the file /cgi-bin/wireless.cgi. Such manipulation of the argument wlan_conf/Channel/skiplist/ieee_80211h leads to os command injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Wavlink	NU516U1	240425

Weakness: CWE-78, CWE-77 · Vector: 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

References

VDB-362445 | Wavlink NU516U1 wireless.cgi advance os command injection vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-362445 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
Submit #800733 | Wavlink NU516U1 M16U1_V240425 Command Injection third-party-advisory
https://github.com/wudipjq/my_vuln/blob/main/Wavlink/vuln_7/7.md exploit