# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wjcq-p2hh-4gr7

## 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 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## 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.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-27163 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27163 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Toshiba Tec e-Studio multi-function peripheral (MFP). 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-2024-27163/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27163/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27163
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27163
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27163

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27163/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.