CVE-2018-19232 — The web service on Epson WorkForce WF-2861 10

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.

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-12-24T17:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T11:30:04.073Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/epistemophilia/CVEs/blob/master/Epson-WorkForce-WF2861/CVE-20…