CVE-2024-25138 AutomationDirect C-MORE EA9 HMI Plaintext Storage of a Password
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-25138 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-25138 is a medium-severity vulnerability in AutomationDirect C-MORE EA9 HMI EA0-T7CL-R, published on 26 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25138 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: AutomationDirect C-MORE EA9 HMI EA0-T7CL-R. 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-2024-25138/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25138/index.md)
Attackers with physical or local access can retrieve plaintext credentials from AutomationDirect C-MORE EA9 HMI devices, potentially bypassing authentication.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-25138?
CVE-2024-25138 is a medium-severity vulnerability in AutomationDirect C-MORE EA9 HMI EA0-T7CL-R, published on 26 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In AutomationDirect C-MORE EA9 HMI,
credentials used by the platform are stored as plain text on the device.
Weakness: CWE-256
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25138?
How do I fix CVE-2024-25138?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-25138 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-25138 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25138 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hwq9-6hwc-8v7g.