What is CVE-2018-19248?

CVE-2018-19248 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Epson Workforce Wf-2861, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2018-12-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-19248?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Epson Workforce Wf-2861

CVE-2018-19248

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 upload a firmware file and reset the printer without authentication by making a request to the /DOWN/FIRMWAREUPDATE/ROM1 URI and a POST request to the /FIRMWAREUPDATE URI.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.015 (71.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Epson Epson_workforce_wf-2861
Epson Epson_workforce_wf-2861_firmware — versions 10.48_lq22i3, 10.51.lq20i6, 10.52.lq17ia
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19248?: CVE-2018-19248 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Epson Workforce Wf-2861, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2018-12-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-19248?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.