What is CVE-2018-17441?

CVE-2018-17441 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dlink Central Wifimanager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-10-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-17441?

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

XSS in Dlink Central Wifimanager

CVE-2018-17441

An issue was discovered on D-Link Central WiFi Manager before v 1.03r0100-Beta1. The 'username' parameter of the addUser endpoint is vulnerable to stored XSS.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-10-08 · 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: 0.057 (92.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.057 · newest: 0.057 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dlink Central Wifimanager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45533/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/d-link-central-wifimanager-software-controll… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/11 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
securityadvisories.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17441?: CVE-2018-17441 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dlink Central Wifimanager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-10-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-17441?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.