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EPSON WF-2861 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CVE-2018-18960)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 505067

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

An issue was discovered on Epson WorkForce WF-2861 10.48 LQ22I3, 10.51.LQ20I6 and 10.52.LQ17IA devices. They use SNMP to find certain devices on the network, but the default version is v2c, allowing an amplification attack.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e86b5de8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 505067

File Name: tenable_ot_epson_CVE-2018-18960.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/5/2026

Updated: 2/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18960

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:epson:epson_workforce_wf-2861_firmware:10.51.lq20i6, cpe:/o:epson:epson_workforce_wf-2861_firmware:10.52.lq17ia, cpe:/o:epson:epson_workforce_wf-2861_firmware:10.48_lq22i3

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/EPSON

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/24/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/24/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18960

CWE: 400