What is CVE-2018-6528?

CVE-2018-6528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dlink Dir-860l, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-03-06.

How severe is CVE-2018-6528?

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

Is CVE-2018-6528 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Dlink Dir-860l

CVE-2018-6528

XSS vulnerability in htdocs/webinc/body/bsc_sms_send.php in D-Link DIR-868L DIR868LA1_FW112b04 and previous versions, DIR-865L DIR-865L_REVA_FIRMWARE_PATCH_1.08.B01 and previous versions, and DIR-860L DIR860LA1_FW110b04 and previous versions allows remote attackers to read a cookie via a crafted receiver parameter to soap.cgi.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-03-06 · 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: 0.016 (75.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/TheBeeMan/Pwning-multiple-dlink-router-via-SOAP-proto (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6528?: CVE-2018-6528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dlink Dir-860l, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-03-06.
How severe is CVE-2018-6528?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-6528 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.