Is CVE-2024-8459 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-8459 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-8459?

CVE-2024-8459 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-8459?

CVE-2024-8459 has an EPSS score of 0.33% (25th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8459?

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

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-8459

HIGH

7.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Certain switch models from PLANET Technology store SNMPv3 users' passwords in plaintext within the configuration files, allowing remote attackers with administrator privileges to read the file and obtain the credentials.

CWE-312

How to fix

Remediation Available

gs-4210-24p2s firmwareNVD

Affected:< 3.305b240802Fixed in:3.305b240802CVE-2024-8459derived from NVD

gs-4210-24pl4c firmwareNVD

Affected:< 2.305b240719Fixed in:2.305b240719CVE-2024-8459derived 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

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.33%probability of exploitation in 30 days

25thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 25% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-312 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-50719	High	7.5	84%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-26148	Critical	9.8	53%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-24577	High	7.5	19%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-27140	High	7.5	19%	-	-
CVE-2021-27176	High	7.5	19%	-	-
CVE-2021-27174	High	7.5	19%	-	-

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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.