CVE-2018-17441
The 'username' parameter of the addUser endpoint is vulnerable to stored XSS.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 5.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
An issue was discovered on D-Link Central WiFi Manager before v 1.03r0100-Beta1. The 'username' parameter of the addUser endpoint is vulnerable to stored XSS.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 5.66% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 5 October 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- dlink/central wifimanager
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/11Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://securityadvisories.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10092Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45533/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/d-link-central-wifimanager-software-controller-multiple-vulnerabilitiesExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/11Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://securityadvisories.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10092Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45533/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/d-link-central-wifimanager-software-controller-multiple-vulnerabilitiesExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.