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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2026-18590 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 2.1 LOW
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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://dl.wavlink.com/firmware/RD/WINSTAR_NU516U1-WO-A-2026-07-13-4b8a21f-mt7628-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin VulDB
https://github.com/oduoke567/WAVLINK-NU516U1-2026-05-1/blob/main/report2.md VulDB
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-18590 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/submit/850527 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/submit/850560 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/385418 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/385418/cti VulDB

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') VulDB  
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') VulDB  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-18590
NVD Published Date:
08/03/2026
NVD Last Modified:
08/03/2026
Source:
VulDB