CVE-2024-12297
Frontend Authorization Logic Disclosure Vulnerability
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 56th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
Moxa’s Ethernet switch is vulnerable to an authentication bypass because of flaws in its authorization mechanism. Although both client-side and back-end server verification are involved in the process, attackers can exploit weaknesses in its implementation. These vulnerabilities may enable brute-force attacks to guess valid credentials or MD5 collision attacks to forge authentication hashes, potentially compromising the security of the device.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.8% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 56th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
6 events over 526 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- OpenVAS check added
- Patch availableworkaround available, record updated
- Publishedweakness classified
Affected products
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Scored 10.0 by bdu.
How it is reached
- Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
- Access Complexity LowNo special conditions required
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality H
- Integrity H
- Availability H
Weaknesses
Sources
References in the record
- moxa.com/en/support/product-support/security-advisory/mpsa-241407-cve-2024-12297-frontend-authorization-logic-disclosure-vulnerability-in-eds-508a-series
- moxa.com/en/support/product-support/security-advisory/mpsa-241408-cve-2024-12297-frontend-authorization-logic-disclosure-vulnerability-identified-in-pt-switches
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