CVE-2026-18589

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.

Published 03 Aug 2026, 07:16 UTC Last modified 03 Aug 2026, 07:16 UTC

8.9

CVSS 4.0 HIGH base score

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/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

Attack profile

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Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Scope Not assessed

Confidentiality Not assessed

Integrity Not assessed

Availability Not assessed

Affected products

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NVD has not published structured affected-product data for this record.

Weakness classification

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CWECWE-119 CWECWE-121

Source references

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NVD National Vulnerability Database recordnvd.nist.gov 01 Technical reference cna@vuldb.com 02 Technical reference cna@vuldb.com 03 Technical reference cna@vuldb.com 04 Technical reference cna@vuldb.com 05 Technical reference cna@vuldb.com 06 Technical reference cna@vuldb.com