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CVE-2018-5550 json

Versions of Epson AirPrint released prior to January 19, 2018 contain a reflective cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, which can allo…

published 2018-02-08 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-17319

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
36.9%
EPSS 36.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • epson airprint 1-19-2018

Exploit prediction

36.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • blog.rapid7.com https://blog.rapid7.com/2018/02/08/r7-2017-28-epson-airprint-xss-cve-2018-5550/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Epson Epson AirPrint

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.