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CVE-2026-8230

Executing a manipulation of the argument ipaddr can lead to os command injection.

LOW 2.1EPSS 8.07%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (8.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A flaw has been found in Wavlink NU516U1 240425. The impacted element is the function sys_login1 of the file /cgi-bin/login.cgi. Executing a manipulation of the argument ipaddr can lead to os command injection. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.

CVSS 4.0
2.1 LOWCVSS: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/M
EPSS
8.07% probability · 95th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-77, CWE-78
Affected
wavlink/wl-nu516u1 firmware
Source
cna@vuldb.com
EPSS trend
0%5%10%24 September 2026: 8.51%27 October 2026: 8.07%24 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 8.5% on 24 September 2026 to 8.1% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.