A vulnerability was found in Wavlink NU516U1 M16U1_V240425. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function wzdrepeater of the file /cgi-bin/adm.cgi. The manipulation of the argument wlan_bssid/sel_Automode/sel_EncrypTyp results in os command injection.

This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-8189. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.