What is CVE-2024-38896?

CVE-2024-38896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wavlink Wn551k1, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-06-24.

How severe is CVE-2024-38896?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

RCE in Wavlink Wn551k1

CVE-2024-38896

WAVLINK WN551K1 found a command injection vulnerability through the start_hour parameter of /cgi-bin/nightled.cgi.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2024-06-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

github.com/s4ndw1ch136/IOT-vuln-reports/tree/main/Wavlink/WN551K1/nightled.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38896?: CVE-2024-38896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wavlink Wn551k1, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-06-24.
How severe is CVE-2024-38896?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.