CVE-2018-11581
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on Brother HL series printers allows remote attackers to...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-11581- CVSS 3.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-11581- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-3607 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2018-3607- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w8j8-5xfx-m586
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on Brother HL series printers allows remote attackers to...
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.
- Record
GHSA-w8j8-5xfx-m586- CVSS 3.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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 | Brother HL Series Printers 1.15 - Cross-Site Scripting | 2018-06-04 |
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-2018-11581 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Brother Hl-l2340d Firmware, published June 1, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.08%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.