- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 0.24%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 85% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
A vulnerability was found in Wavlink WL-NU516U1 240425. The impacted element is the function sub_404F68 of the file /cgi-bin/login.cgi. The manipulation of the argument homepage/hostname results in cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
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References tagged exploit1 reference
Timeline
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Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium5.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low3.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Low2.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/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 |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
- affected 240425
References
6
- VDB-351073 | Wavlink WL-NU516U1 login.cgi sub_404F68 cross site scripting (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-351073 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #769652 | Wavlink WL-NU516U1 V240425 Cross Site Scripting (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- Submit #769653 | Wavlink WL-NU516U1 V240425 Cross Site Scripting (Duplicate) (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/Litengzheng/vul_db/blob/main/WL-NU516U1/vul_14/README.md (opens in a new tab)related
- https://github.com/Litengzheng/vul_db/blob/main/WL-NU516U1/vul_15/README.md (opens in a new tab)exploit
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-12208 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-4166)Record last updated .