01 Record
CVE-2026-18607
Wavlink NU516 lighttpd upload.cgi strcpy stack-based overflow
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: VulDB
CNA base score8.7 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
02 Description
Wavlink NU516 lighttpd upload.cgi strcpy stack-based overflow
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 56.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.4 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-12.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-08-03 16:45Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-03 20:23Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-08-03
- Assigning CNA
- VulDB
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- c388d63151cfe0cc8e55004034108d8f34eb74a17d76268c6a7266351af55200
05 Affected products
06 References
- vuldb.comVDB-385530 | Wavlink NU516 lighttpd upload.cgi strcpy stack-based overflowhttps://vuldb.com/vuln/385530
- vuldb.comVDB-385530 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)https://vuldb.com/vuln/385530/cti
- vuldb.comCVE-2026-18607 | CVE Analysis and Reporthttps://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-18607
- vuldb.comSubmit #852637 | WAVLINK Multiple Router Series (WN572, WN570H, WN573, WN529, WN530, WN531, WN535, etc.) WN529, WN530, WN531, WN535, WN536, WN551, WN557, NU516,and so on Stack-based Buffer Overflowhttps://vuldb.com/submit/852637
- github.comhttps://github.com/0xcc12138/WAVLINK-vul