CVE-2026-4166 (GCVE-0-2026-4166)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-15 05:32 – Updated: 2026-03-17 13:46
VLAI
Title
Wavlink WL-NU516U1 login.cgi sub_404F68 cross site scripting
Summary
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.
Severity
5.1 (Medium)
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
3.5 (Low)
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
3.5 (Low)
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
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wavlink WL-NU516U1 Affected: 240425
    cpe:2.3:o:wavlink:wl-nu516u1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
LtzHust2 (VulDB User) VulDB
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