# CVE-2024-29208: Auth bypass in Update UniFi Connect Display

> Attackers with API access can change system passwords without verification, leading to account takeover on UniFi Connect devices.

- **Severity:** Low 2.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 May 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-972x-xwpx-cr2c

## What is CVE-2024-29208?

CVE-2024-29208 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ubiquiti Inc Update UniFi Connect Display, published on 7 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An Unverified Password Change could allow a malicious actor with API access to the device to change the system password without knowing the previous password.

 

Affected Products:

UniFi Connect EV Station (Version 1.1.18 and earlier) 

UniFi Connect EV Station Pro (Version 1.1.18 and earlier)

UniFi Connect Display (Version 1.9.324 and earlier)

UniFi Connect Display Cast (Version 1.6.225 and earlier)

 

Mitigation:

Update UniFi Connect Application to Version 3.10.7 or later.

Update UniFi Connect EV Station to Version 1.2.15 or later.

Update UniFi Connect EV Station Pro to Version 1.2.15 or later.

Update UniFi Connect Display to Version 1.11.348 or later.

Update UniFi Connect Display Cast to Version 1.8.255 or later.

Weakness: CWE-521 (Weak Password Requirements)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29208?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-29208?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-29208 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-29208 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29208 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-29208 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-29208 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ubiquiti Inc Update UniFi Connect Display, published on 7 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29208 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ubiquiti Inc Update UniFi Connect Display. 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-2024-29208/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29208/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29208
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29208
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29208

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29208/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.