CVE-2018-20372 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

TP-Link TD-W8961ND devices allow XSS via the hostname of a DHCP client.

Published: 2018-12-23

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:td-w8961nd_firmware:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:td-w8961nd:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-12930	TP-Link TD-W8961ND devices allow XSS via the hostname of a DHCP client.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0059.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=1990
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUM5myJWbvc

History

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Subscriptions

Tp-link Td-w8961nd Td-w8961nd Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-12-23T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:31:32.417Z

Reserved: 2018-12-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20372

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-23T02:29:00.483

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:52:43.267

Link: CVE-2018-20372

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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