# CVE-2024-27460: Privilege escalation in Plantronics Hub

> An attacker can escalate privileges via the Plantronics Hub updater, requiring users to upgrade to a patched version.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 May 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x339-928h-52pw

## What is CVE-2024-27460?

CVE-2024-27460 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP Inc. Plantronics Hub, published on 10 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A privilege escalation exists in the updater for Plantronics Hub 3.25.1 and below.

Weakness: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27460?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hp Poly Plantronics Hub.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-27460?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27460 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-27460 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27460 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Plantronics Desktop Hub LPE (github_poc): https://github.com/xct/CVE-2024-27460
- HP Plantronics Hub 3.2.1 Updater Privilege Escalation (github_poc): https://github.com/Alaatk/CVE-2024-27460
- https://github.com/10cks/CVE-2024-27460-installer (github_poc): https://github.com/10cks/CVE-2024-27460-installer

## Other vulnerabilities in HP Inc. Plantronics Hub

- [CVE-2024-6147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6147/): Poly Plantronics Hub Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-27460 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-27460 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP Inc. Plantronics Hub, published on 10 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27460 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HP Inc. Plantronics Hub. 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-2024-27460/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27460/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27460
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27460
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27460

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27460/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.