Detections
Analytics

EPSON WF-2861 Denial of Service (CVE-2018-19232)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 505060

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The web service on Epson WorkForce WF-2861 10.48 LQ22I3(Recovery- mode), WF-2861 10.51.LQ20I6, and WF-2861 10.52.LQ17IA devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a FIRMWAREUPDATE GET request, as demonstrated by the /DOWN/FIRMWAREUPDATE/ROM1 URI.

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.

Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b863a8c5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 505060

File Name: tenable_ot_epson_CVE-2018-19232.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: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19232

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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-2018-19232