A vulnerability was determined in Wavlink WL-NU516U1 708c073-mt7628. Affected is the function set_sys_adm of the file adm.cgi of the component Admin Password Handler. This manipulation causes os command injection. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01067.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Wavlink
  • Wl-nu516u1
  • Wl-nu516u1 Firmware

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Vendors Products
Wavlink
  • Wl-nu516u1
References
Link Providers
https://dl.wavlink.com/firmware/RD/WINSTAR_NU516U1-WO-A-2026-07-13-4b8a21f-mt7628-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin cve-icon
https://github.com/oduoke567/WAVLINK-NU516U1-2026-05-1/blob/main/report2.md cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-18590 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/850527 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/850560 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/385418 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/385418/cti cve-icon
History

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wavlink wl-nu516u1
Vendors & Products Wavlink wl-nu516u1

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability was determined in Wavlink WL-NU516U1 708c073-mt7628. Affected is the function set_sys_adm of the file adm.cgi of the component Admin Password Handler. This manipulation causes os command injection. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.
Title Wavlink WL-NU516U1 Admin Password adm.cgi set_sys_adm os command injection
First Time appeared Wavlink
Wavlink wl-nu516u1 Firmware
Weaknesses CWE-77
CWE-78
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:wavlink:wl-nu516u1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Wavlink
Wavlink wl-nu516u1 Firmware
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

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

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:O/RC:C'}

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:O/RC:C'}

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'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-03T06:45:10.041Z

Reserved: 2026-08-02T20:33:59.442Z

Link: CVE-2026-18590

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Updated: 2026-08-03T09:30:17Z