CVE-2024-30189 Auth bypass in SCALANCE W721-1 RJ45

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass authentication mechanisms on Siemens SCALANCE wireless access points, potentially gaining unauthorized access to the device.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-30189?

CVE-2024-30189 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Siemens SCALANCE W721-1 RJ45, published on 9 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE W721-1 RJ45 (6GK5721-1FC00-0AA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W721-1 RJ45 (6GK5721-1FC00-0AB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W722-1 RJ45 (6GK5722-1FC00-0AA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W722-1 RJ45 (6GK5722-1FC00-0AB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W722-1 RJ45 (6GK5722-1FC00-0AC0) (All versions), SCALANCE W734-1 RJ45 (6GK5734-1FX00-0AA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W734-1 RJ45 (6GK5734-1FX00-0AA6) (All versions), SCALANCE W734-1 RJ45 (6GK5734-1FX00-0AB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W734-1 RJ45 (USA) (6GK5734-1FX00-0AB6) (All versions), SCALANCE W738-1 M12 (6GK5738-1GY00-0AA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W738-1 M12 (6GK5738-1GY00-0AB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W748-1 M12 (6GK5748-1GD00-0AA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W748-1 M12 (6GK5748-1GD00-0AB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W748-1 RJ45 (6GK5748-1FC00-0AA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W748-1 RJ45 (6GK5748-1FC00-0AB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W761-1 RJ45 (6GK5761-1FC00-0AA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W761-1 RJ45 (6GK5761-1FC00-0AB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W774-1 M12 EEC (6GK5774-1FY00-0TA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W774-1 M12 EEC (6GK5774-1FY00-0TB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W774-1 RJ45 (6GK5774-1FX00-0AA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W774-1 RJ45 (6GK5774-1FX00-0AA6) (All versions), SCALANCE W774-1 RJ45 (6GK5774-1FX00-0AB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W774-1 RJ45 (6GK5774-1FX00-0AC0) (All versions), SCALANCE W774-1 RJ45 (USA) (6GK5774-1FX00-0AB6) (All versions), SCALANCE W778-1 M12 (6GK5778-1GY00-0AA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W778-1 M12 (6GK5778-1GY00-0AB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W778-1 M12 EEC (6GK5778-1GY00-0TA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W778-1 M12 EEC (USA) (6GK5778-1GY00-0TB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W786-1 RJ45 (6GK5786-1FC00-0AA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W786-1 RJ45 (6GK5786-1FC00-0AB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W786-2 RJ45 (6GK5786-2FC00-0AA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W786-2 RJ45 (6GK5786-2FC00-0AB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W786-2 RJ45 (6GK5786-2FC00-0AC0) (All versions), SCALANCE W786-2 SFP (6GK5786-2FE00-0AA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W786-2 SFP (6GK5786-2FE00-0AB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W786-2IA RJ45 (6GK5786-2HC00-0AA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W786-2IA RJ45 (6GK5786-2HC00-0AB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W788-1 M12 (6GK5788-1GD00-0AA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W788-1 M12 (6GK5788-1GD00-0AB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W788-1 RJ45 (6GK5788-1FC00-0AA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W788-1 RJ45 (6GK5788-1FC00-0AB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W788-2 M12 (6GK5788-2GD00-0AA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W788-2 M12 (6GK5788-2GD00-0AB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W788-2 M12 EEC (6GK5788-2GD00-0TA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W788-2 M12 EEC (6GK5788-2GD00-0TB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W788-2 M12 EEC (6GK5788-2GD00-0TC0) (All versions), SCALANCE W788-2 RJ45 (6GK5788-2FC00-0AA0) (All versions), SCALANCE W788-2 RJ45 (6GK5788-2FC00-0AB0) (All versions), SCALANCE W788-2 RJ45 (6GK5788-2FC00-0AC0) (All versions). This CVE refers to Scenario 1 "Leak frames from the Wi-Fi queue" of CVE-2022-47522. Affected devices queue frames in order to subsequently change the security context and leak the queued frames. This could allow a physically proximate attacker to intercept (possibly cleartext) target-destined frames.

Weakness: CWE-290

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-30189?

How do I fix CVE-2024-30189?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-30189 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2024-30189 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-30189 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6qcj-8j88-4gxg.

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