What is CVE-2018-15516?

CVE-2018-15516 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dlink Central Wifimanager, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2019-01-31.

How severe is CVE-2018-15516?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.

SSRF in Dlink Central Wifimanager

CVE-2018-15516

The FTP service on D-Link Central WiFiManager CWM-100 1.03 r0098 devices allows remote attackers to conduct a PORT command bounce scan via port 8000, resulting in SSRF.

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

Published 2019-01-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dlink Central Wifimanager — versions 1.03

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References

vimeo.com/299797225 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/27 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/150242/D-LINK-Central-WifiManager-CWM-100-1.03-r0… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15516?: CVE-2018-15516 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dlink Central Wifimanager, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2019-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2018-15516?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.