CVE-2018-11581 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Brother HL series printers, specifically the HL-L2340D and HL-L2380DW models. An authenticated remote attacker can inject arbitrary web script or HTML into the etc/loginerror.html page via the 'url' parameter. While the CVSS score is 4.8 (MEDIUM), indicating high privileges are required and user interaction is necessary, successful exploitation could lead to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. Although not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, yet there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:brother:hl-l2340d_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:brother:hl-l2380dw_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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