CVE-2018-18441

HIGH

D-Link DCS Series Firmware >= 1.00 - Unauthenticated Exposure of Sensitive Information via /common/info.cgi

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-18441. PoCs published by bayazid-bit.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits an unauthenticated information disclosure vulnerability in D-Link DCS series Wi-Fi cameras by fetching the sensitive configuration file at `/common/info.cgi`. It supports scanning single targets or multiple targets from a file.

Description

D-Link DCS series Wi-Fi cameras expose sensitive information regarding the device configuration. The affected devices include many of DCS series, such as: DCS-936L, DCS-942L, DCS-8000LH, DCS-942LB1, DCS-5222L, DCS-825L, DCS-2630L, DCS-820L, DCS-855L, DCS-2121, DCS-5222LB1, DCS-5020L, and many more. There are many affected firmware versions starting from 1.00 and above. The configuration file can be accessed remotely through: <Camera-IP>/common/info.cgi, with no authentication. The configuration file include the following fields: model, product, brand, version, build, hw_version, nipca version, device name, location, MAC address, IP address, gateway IP address, wireless status, input/output settings, speaker, and sensor settings.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 1 stars
by bayazid-bit · poc
https://github.com/bayazid-bit/CVE-2018-18441-exploit

This PoC exploits an unauthenticated information disclosure vulnerability in D-Link DCS series Wi-Fi cameras by fetching the sensitive configuration file at `/common/info.cgi`. It supports scanning single targets or multiple targets from a file.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: D-Link DCS series Wi-Fi cameras (e.g., DCS-936L, DCS-942L, DCS-8000LH, etc.)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target camera · Target camera must be running vulnerable firmware
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0194
EPSS Percentile 77.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (18)
d-link/dcs-2102_firmware 1.00
d-link/dcs-2121_firmware 1.00
d-link/dcs-2630l_firmware 1.00
d-link/dcs-5222l_firmware 1.00
d-link/dcs-5222lb1_firmware 1.00
d-link/dcs-8000lh_firmware 1.00
d-link/dcs-8100lh_firmware 1.00
d-link/dcs-820l_firmware 1.00
d-link/dcs-825l_firmware 1.00
d-link/dcs-855l_firmware 1.00
... and 8 more
Published Dec 20, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026