CVE-2018-16061
Mitsubishi Electric SmartRTU devices allow XSS via the username parameter or PATH_INFO to login.php.
Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. SmartRTU devices allow XSS via the username parameter or PATH_INFO to login.php.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. SmartRTU devices allow XSS via the username parameter or PATH_INFO to login.php.
- Record
CVE-2018-16061- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. SmartRTU devices allow XSS via the username parameter or PATH_INFO to login.php.
- Record
CVE-2018-16061- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-7918 No score
Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. SmartRTU devices allow XSS via the username parameter or PATH_INFO to login.php.
- Record
EUVD-2018-7918- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2g47-r68w-wq9w
Mitsubishi Electric SmartRTU devices allow XSS via the username parameter or PATH_INFO to login.php.
Mitsubishi Electric SmartRTU devices allow XSS via the username parameter or PATH_INFO to login.php.
- Record
GHSA-2g47-r68w-wq9w- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Mitsubishi Electric & INEA SmartRTU - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) | 2021-10-18 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-16061 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Mitsubishielectric Smartrtu Firmware, published October 15, 2021. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.03%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.