What is CVE-2018-5550?

CVE-2018-5550 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Epson Airprint, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-02-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-5550?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Epson Airprint

CVE-2018-5550

Versions of Epson AirPrint released prior to January 19, 2018 contain a reflective cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, which can allow untrusted users on the network to hijack a session cookie or perform other reflected XSS attacks on a currently logged-on user.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.369 (98.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Epson Airprint
Epson Airprint — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@rapid7.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@rapid7.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5550?: CVE-2018-5550 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Epson Airprint, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-02-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-5550?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.