CVE-2025-10962
Published: 25 September 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-10962 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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); 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-2025-10962 is a command injection vulnerability affecting the Wavlink NU516U1 router on firmware version M16U1_V240425. The flaw exists in the sub_403198 function of the /cgi-bin/wireless.cgi file, specifically within the SetName Page component, where manipulation of the mac_5g argument enables command injection. It is remotely exploitable and associated with CWE-74 and CWE-77, carrying 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).
Attackers with low privileges, such as authenticated users, can exploit this vulnerability remotely without user interaction. Exploitation allows limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially enabling arbitrary command execution on the affected device.
Advisories from VulDB note that the vendor was contacted early but provided no response or patches. A proof-of-concept exploit is publicly available on GitHub, which may facilitate real-world attacks.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-31151
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was identified in Wavlink NU516U1 M16U1_V240425. This impacts the function sub_403198 of the file /cgi-bin/wireless.cgi of the component SetName Page. The manipulation of the argument mac_5g leads to command injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely.…
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The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
The command injection vulnerability in the public-facing /cgi-bin/wireless.cgi endpoint enables remote exploitation of a public-facing application (T1190) to achieve arbitrary remote command execution via Unix shell (T1059).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation and sanitization of untrusted inputs such as the mac_5g argument to block command injection in wireless.cgi.
Limits the commands and system resources available to the low-privilege authenticated user that exploits the injection flaw.
Verifies integrity of CGI scripts and system files to detect unauthorized modifications resulting from successful command injection.