CVE-2026-13539
Description
A vulnerability was identified in Wavlink WL-NU516U1-A M16U1_V240425. The impacted element is the function sub_407504 of the file /cgi-bin/wireless.cgi of the component POST Parameter Handler. Such manipulation of the argument Guest_ssid leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://dl.wavlink.com/firmware/RD/WINSTAR_NU516U1-WO-A-2026-06-22-5ccde97-mt7628-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
- https://github.com/Svigo-o/Wavlink_vul/tree/main/wavlink-wl-nu516u1-wireless-guestwifi-guestssid-buffer-overflow
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-13539
- https://vuldb.com/submit/834024
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/374547
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/374547/cti
CWEs
CWE-119 CWE-121
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.