CVE-2025-10960
Published: 25 September 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-10960 is a low-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Wavlink Wl-Nu516U1 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 2.1 (Low).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Network Device CLI (T1059.008); ranked in the top 24.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-10960 is a command injection vulnerability in the Wavlink NU516U1 M16U1_V240425 firmware. The issue affects the function sub_402D1C within the /cgi-bin/wireless.cgi file, specifically the DeleteMac Page component. By manipulating the delete_list argument, an attacker can inject arbitrary commands, as classified under CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements) and CWE-77 (Command Injection). The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating medium severity.
A remote attacker with low privileges (PR:L), such as an authenticated user, can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows limited impacts, including low-level disclosure of confidential information, modification of data or system settings, and denial of service through reduced availability.
Advisories from VulDB and a public GitHub repository detail the vulnerability but note no vendor response despite early disclosure contact. No patches or official mitigations are available, and a proof-of-concept exploit is publicly disclosed in the repository, including at https://github.com/panda666-888/vuls/blob/main/wavlink/nu516u1/DeleteMac.md and its POC section.
The exploit has been made public, increasing the risk of exploitation against unpatched Wavlink NU516U1 devices running the affected firmware version.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-31148
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in Wavlink NU516U1 M16U1_V240425. The impacted element is the function sub_402D1C of the file /cgi-bin/wireless.cgi of the component DeleteMac Page. Performing manipulation of the argument delete_list results in command injection. The attack is possible to be…
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carried out remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Command injection via web CGI on network device enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190), indirect command execution (T1202), and network device CLI execution (T1059.008).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation and neutralization of untrusted input (delete_list) to block command injection in wireless.cgi.
Enforces least privilege so that even an authenticated low-privilege session cannot reach or abuse the vulnerable DeleteMac function.
Restricts unnecessary or high-risk device functions (wireless management CGI) that expose the command-injection surface.