What is CVE-2018-16061?

CVE-2018-16061 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mitsubishielectric Smartrtu, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-10-15.

How severe is CVE-2018-16061?

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

XSS in Mitsubishielectric Smartrtu

CVE-2018-16061

Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. SmartRTU devices allow XSS via the username parameter or PATH_INFO to login.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2021-10-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.040 (90.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.040 · newest: 0.040 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

drive.google.com/open (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/164537/Mitsubishi-Electric-INEA-SmartRTU-Cross-Si… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16061?: CVE-2018-16061 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mitsubishielectric Smartrtu, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-10-15.
How severe is CVE-2018-16061?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.