CVE-2024-8453

low-risk

Published 2024-09-30

Certain switch models from PLANET Technology use an insecure hashing function to hash user passwords without being salted. Remote attackers with administrator privileges can read configuration files to obtain the hash values, and potentially crack them to retrieve the plaintext passwords.

Do I need to act?

0.12% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 4.9/10 Medium

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Gs-4210-24P2S Firmware

Gs-4210-24Pl4C Firmware

Affected Vendors

Planet

References (2)

Third Party Advisory https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-8056-09688-2.html

Third Party Advisory https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-8055-2c361-1.html

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low-risk

Severity 20/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 7/34 · Low