What is CVE-2018-18960?

CVE-2018-18960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Epson Workforce Wf-2861, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-12-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-18960?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Epson Workforce Wf-2861

CVE-2018-18960

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.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2018-12-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Epson Workforce Wf-2861
Epson Workforce Wf-2861 Firmware — versions 10.48_lq22i3, 10.51.lq20i6, 10.52.lq17ia

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

github.com/epistemophilia/CVEs/blob/master/Epson-WorkForce-WF2861/CVE-2018-1896… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18960?: CVE-2018-18960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Epson Workforce Wf-2861, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-12-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-18960?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.