CVE-2024-27163 Leak of admin password and passwords
Attackers can retrieve admin passwords in clear text via HTTP requests, potentially compromising the printer if combined with other vulnerabilities.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-27163?
CVE-2024-27163 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Toshiba Tec e-Studio multi-function peripheral (MFP), published on 14 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Toshiba printers will display the password of the admin user in clear-text and additional passwords when sending 2 specific HTTP requests to the internal API. An attacker stealing the cookie of an admin or abusing a XSS vulnerability can recover this password in clear-text and compromise the printer. This vulnerability can be executed in combination with other vulnerabilities and difficult to execute alone. So, the CVSS score for this vulnerability alone is lower than the score listed in the "Base Score" of this vulnerability. For detail on related other vulnerabilities, please ask to the below contact point. https://www.toshibatec.com/contacts/products/ As for the affected products/models/versions, see the reference URL.
Weakness: CWE-319
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27163?
How do I fix CVE-2024-27163?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27163 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-27163 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27163 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wjcq-p2hh-4gr7.