CVE-2026-8191

Wavlink NU516U1 adm.cgi wifi_region os command injection

Published May 9, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 8.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability was identified in Wavlink NU516U1 M16U1_V240425. This affects the function wifi_region of the file /cgi-bin/adm.cgi. Such manipulation of the argument skiplist1/skiplist2 leads to os command injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wavlink wl-nu516u1 Firmware
CPEs cpe:2.3:h:wavlink:wl-nu516u1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:wavlink:wl-nu516u1_firmware:m16u1_v240425:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Wavlink wl-nu516u1 Firmware
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wavlink
Wavlink wl-nu516u1
Vendors & Products Wavlink
Wavlink wl-nu516u1
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability was identified in Wavlink NU516U1 M16U1_V240425. This affects the function wifi_region of the file /cgi-bin/adm.cgi. Such manipulation of the argument skiplist1/skiplist2 leads to os command injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.
Title Wavlink NU516U1 adm.cgi wifi_region os command injection
Weaknesses CWE-77
CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, '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'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS: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'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulDB
Published
Updated
May 12, 2026, 2:25 AM
Reserved
May 8, 2026, 7:52 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 9, 2026, 7:16 PM
Modified
Jul 24, 2026, 8:10 AM