{"id":"CVE-2018-11581","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-11581","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:31:20.405Z","title":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on Brother HL series printers allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the url parameter to etc/loginerror.html.","description":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on Brother HL series printers allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the url parameter to etc/loginerror.html.","published":"2018-06-01T17:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:36:13.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["brother/hl-l2340d firmware","brother/hl-l2380dw firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.01079,"percentile":0.64892,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2018-06-04","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":44839,"kind":"exploit","title":"Brother HL Series Printers 1.15 - Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44839","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/hardware/webapps/44839.md","file":"exploits/hardware/webapps/44839.md","published":"2018-06-04","added":"2018-06-05","updated":"2018-06-05","author":"Huy Kha","type":"webapps","platform":"hardware","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2018-11581"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://gist.github.com/huykha/409451e4b086bfbd55e28e7e803ae930"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.1%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.aspx?c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=group2&ftype3=100033&faqid=faq00100530_000","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44839/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.aspx?c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=group2&ftype3=100033&faqid=faq00100530_000","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44839/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11581","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}