Is CVE-2024-8453 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-8453 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-8453?

CVE-2024-8453 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-8453?

CVE-2024-8453 has an EPSS score of 0.30% (22th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8453?

Upgrade gs-4210-24p2s firmware to 3.305b240802 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-8453

MEDIUM

4.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-328 CWE-759

How to fix

Remediation Available

gs-4210-24p2s firmwareNVD

Affected:< 3.305b240802Fixed in:3.305b240802CVE-2024-8453derived from NVD

gs-4210-24pl4c firmwareNVD

Affected:< 2.305b240719Fixed in:2.305b240719CVE-2024-8453derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.30%probability of exploitation in 30 days

22ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 22% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-10-04.