CVE-2024-28751 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An high privileged remote attacker can enable telnet access that accepts hardcoded credentials.

Published: 2024-07-09

Score: 9.1 Critical

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

ifm

Smart PLC AC14xx Firmware

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ V4.3.17

ifm

Smart PLC AC4xxS Firmware

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ V4.3.17

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-25839	An high privileged remote attacker can enable telnet access that accepts hardcoded credentials.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01045.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2024-012

History

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-78

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description	An high privileged remote attacker can enable telnet access that accepts hardcoded credentials.	An high privileged remote attacker can enable telnet access that accepts hardcoded credentials.
Weaknesses		CWE-798

Subscriptions

Ifm Smart Plc Ac14xx Firmware Smart Plc Ac4xxs Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CERTVDE

Published: 2024-07-09T07:11:10.331Z

Updated: 2025-08-22T09:53:25.207Z

Reserved: 2024-03-08T08:39:32.661Z

Link: CVE-2024-28751

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:56:57.962Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-07-09T07:15:04.587

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-28751

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-798

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