What is CVE-2018-10569?

CVE-2018-10569 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Edimax Ew-7438rpn V2 Firmware, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-10569?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Edimax Ew-7438rpn V2 Firmware

CVE-2018-10569

An issue was discovered in Edimax EW-7438RPn Mini v2 before version 1.26. There is XSS in an SSID field.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-08-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

youtu.be/m2to4PWmHkI (Third Party Advisory)
youtu.be/6d4BPbvddkE (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10569?: CVE-2018-10569 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Edimax Ew-7438rpn V2 Firmware, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-10569?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.