CVE-2025-10959: wavlink nu516u1 Injection
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-10959 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Injection vulnerability in wavlink nu516u1. EPSS estimates a 6.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Timeline
- 25-09-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 25-09-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A vulnerability has been found in Wavlink NU516U1 M16U1_V240425. The affected element is the function sub_401778 of the file /cgi-bin/firewall.cgi. Such manipulation of the argument dmz_flag leads to command injection. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
CVSS metrics
7 scores · 2 sources · 4 versions- NVDNIST2.1LowCVSS: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:XDiffers
- CVE.orgCNA6.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:RDiffers
- NVDNIST6.5MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS trend
Probability
6.56%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 6.56% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundVuls
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.
- CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.
Affected systems
Wavlink2 products
- nu516u1M16U1_V240425
- wl-nu516u1_firmwarem16u1_v240425
1 vendor · 2 products