CVE-2026-18589 (GCVE-0-2026-18589)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-03 06:30 – Updated: 2026-08-03 19:59
VLAI
Title
Wavlink WL-NU516U1 nas.cgi change_password stack-based overflow
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Wavlink WL-NU516U1 708c073-mt7628. This impacts the function change_password of the file nas.cgi. The manipulation of the argument User1Passwd results in stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The affected component should be upgraded. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.
Severity
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wavlink WL-NU516U1 Affected: 708c073-mt7628
    cpe:2.3:o:wavlink:wl-nu516u1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
oduoke (VulDB User) VulDB CNA Team
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