What is CVE-2018-11481?

CVE-2018-11481 is a high-severity vulnerability in TP-Link Ipc Tl-Ipc223\(p\)-6, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-05-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-11481?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in TP-Link Ipc Tl-Ipc223\(p\)-6

CVE-2018-11481

TP-LINK IPC TL-IPC223(P)-6, TL-IPC323K-D, TL-IPC325(KP)-*, and TL-IPC40A-4 devices allow authenticated remote code execution via crafted JSON data because /usr/lib/lua/luci/torchlight/validator.lua does not block various punctuation characters.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2018-05-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 77.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

github.com/yough3rt/IOT-pwn-for-fun/blob/master/TP-LINK-websys-Authenticated-RCE (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11481?: CVE-2018-11481 is a high-severity vulnerability in TP-Link Ipc Tl-Ipc223\(p\)-6, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-05-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-11481?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.