CVE-2018-18960 — An issue was discovered on Epson WorkForce WF-2861 10.48 LQ22I3, 10.51.LQ20I6 and 10.52.LQ17IA devices

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An issue was discovered on Epson WorkForce WF-2861 10.48 LQ22I3, 10.51.LQ20I6 and 10.52.LQ17IA devices

Published Dec 24, 2018

5.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.91%

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.91% 0.00906

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00906

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.91% (0.00906)	58.44th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.91% (0.00906)	58.32th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.16% (0.00161)	53.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 26, 2024	0.16% (0.00161)	52.96th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.16% (0.00161)	50.96th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.42% (0.00416)	10.04th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.42% (0.00416)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References (1)

https://github.com/epistemophilia/CVEs/blob/master/Epson-WorkForce-WF2861/CVE-2018-18960/poc-cve-2018-18960.py
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Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/epistemophilia/CVEs/blob/master/Epson-WorkForce-WF2861/CVE-2018-18960/poc-cve-2018-18960.py		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory