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Brother HL Printers Cross-site Scripting (CVE-2018-11581)

🗓️ 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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XSS flaw in Brother HL printers allows remote script injection via the url parameter to etc/loginerror.html.

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ReporterTitlePublishedViews
Family
CVE
CVE-2018-11581
1 Jun 201817:00
cve
Cvelist
CVE-2018-11581
1 Jun 201817:00
cvelist
EUVD
EUVD-2018-3607
7 Oct 202500:30
euvd
NVD
CVE-2018-11581
1 Jun 201817:29
nvd
OpenVAS
Brother HL Series Printer XSS Vulnerability
6 Jun 201800:00
openvas
OSV
CVE-2018-11581
1 Jun 201817:29
osv
Prion
Cross site scripting
1 Jun 201817:29
prion
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(503368);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/10/23");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-11581");

  script_name(english:"Brother HL Printers Cross-site Scripting (CVE-2018-11581)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on Brother HL series printers
allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the
url parameter to etc/loginerror.html.

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.");
  # https://support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.aspx?c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=group2&ftype3=100033&faqid=faq00100530_000
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c8010552");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44839/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Refer to the vendor advisory.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-11581");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_cwe_id(79);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/06/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/06/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/10/23");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:brother:hl-l2340d_firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:brother:hl-l2380dw_firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"former");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Tenable.ot");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("tenable_ot_api_integration.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Tenable.ot/Brother");

  exit(0);
}


include('tenable_ot_cve_funcs.inc');

get_kb_item_or_exit('Tenable.ot/Brother');

var asset = tenable_ot::assets::get(vendor:'Brother');

var vuln_cpes = {
    "cpe:/o:brother:hl-l2340d_firmware" :
        {"versionEndExcluding" : "1.16", "family" : "Brother"},
    "cpe:/o:brother:hl-l2380dw_firmware" :
        {"versionEndExcluding" : "1.16", "family" : "Brother"}
};

tenable_ot::cve::compare_and_report(asset:asset, cpes:vuln_cpes, severity:SECURITY_NOTE);

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23 Oct 2025 00:00Current
5.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.4
CVSS 23.5
CVSS 34.8
EPSS0.0161
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