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CVE-2026-8229

38
FAUCET Score

A vulnerability was detected in Wavlink NU516U1 240425. The affected element is the function WifiBasic of the file /cgi-bin/wireless.cgi. Performing a manipulation of the argument AuthMethod/EncrypType results in os command injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.

First published: May 10, 2026Last modified: May 11, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
m16u1_v240425CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:wavlink:wl-nu516u1_firmware:m16u1_v240425:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

2.1LOW

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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
LOW
VS Integrity
LOW
VS Availability
LOW
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
PROOF_OF_CONCEPT
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0494 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / wudipjq/my_vuln/blob/main/Wavlink/vuln_8/8.md
ExploitThird Party Advisory
vuldb.com / submit/800734
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vuldb.com / vuln/362446
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vuldb.com / vuln/362446/cti
Permissions RequiredVDB Entry