What is CVE-2018-18244?

CVE-2018-18244 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vivotek Camera, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-01-03.

How severe is CVE-2018-18244?

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

XSS in Vivotek Camera

CVE-2018-18244

Cross-site scripting in syslog.html in VIVOTEK Network Camera Series products with firmware 0x06x to 0x08x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code via an HTTP Referer Header.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-01-03 · 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: 0.008 (55.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Vivotek Camera

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

blog.securityevaluators.com/vivotek-ip-camera-vulnerabilities-discovered-and-ex… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
download.vivotek.com/downloadfile/support/cyber-security/vvtk-sa-2018-006-v1.pdf (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18244?: CVE-2018-18244 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vivotek Camera, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-01-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-18244?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.