# CVE-2024-0387: EDS-4000/G4000 Series IP Forwarding Vulnerability

> Attackers can exploit mandatory IP forwarding to bypass access controls and hide request sources on Moxa industrial switches.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8q86-4x73-99v8

## What is CVE-2024-0387?

CVE-2024-0387 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Moxa EDS-4008 Series, published on 26 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The EDS-4000/G4000 Series prior to version 3.2 includes IP forwarding capabilities that users cannot deactivate. An attacker may be able to send requests to the product and have it forwarded to the target. An attacker can bypass access controls or hide the source of malicious requests.

Weakness: CWE-1188 (Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0387?

It affects 7 products.


Products: Moxa Eds-4008 Firmware, Moxa Eds-4009 Firmware, Moxa Eds-4012 Firmware, Moxa Eds-4014 Firmware, Moxa Eds-G4008 Firmware, Moxa Eds-G4012 Firmware, Moxa Eds-G4014 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0387?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0387 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0387 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0387 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0387 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0387 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Moxa EDS-4008 Series, published on 26 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0387 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Moxa EDS-4008 Series. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0387/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0387/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0387
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0387
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0387

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0387/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.