Vulnerability · Published May 9, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-8189Wavlink NU516U1 adm.cgi wzdrepeater 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 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Wavlink	NU516U1	M16U1_V240425

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-362341 | Wavlink NU516U1 adm.cgi wzdrepeater os command injection vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-362341 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
Submit #800728 | Wavlink NU516U1 M16U1_V240425 Command Injection third-party-advisory
https://github.com/wudipjq/my_vuln/blob/main/Wavlink/vuln_2/2.md exploit