CVE-2026-8188

high

Published 2026-05-09 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

6.5

VIR risk

8.8

Description

A vulnerability has been found in Wavlink NU516U1 M16U1_V240425. Affected is the function change_wifi_password of the file /cgi-bin/adm.cgi. The manipulation of the argument wl_channel/wl_Pass/EncrypType leads to os command injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

https://github.com/wudipjq/my_vuln/blob/main/Wavlink/vuln_1/1.md
https://vuldb.com/submit/800727
https://vuldb.com/vuln/362340
https://vuldb.com/vuln/362340/cti

CWEs

CWE-77 CWE-78

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.