# CVE-2024-23492: Commend WS203VICM Weak Encoding for Password

> Weak encoding of credentials in Commend WS203VICM allows attackers to intercept and potentially recover passwords.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gf7g-rcqh-h38h

## What is CVE-2024-23492?

CVE-2024-23492 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Commend WS203VICM, published on 1 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A weak encoding is used to transmit credentials for WS203VICM.

Weakness: CWE-261 (Weak Encoding for Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23492?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-23492?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23492 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-23492 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23492 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-23492 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-23492 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Commend WS203VICM, published on 1 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23492 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Commend WS203VICM. 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-2024-23492/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23492/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23492
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23492
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23492

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23492/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.