# CVE-2024-31409: CyberPower PowerPanel business Incorrect Authorization

> Attackers can read system-wide data via MQTT wildcards due to missing authorization checks in CyberPower PowerPanel Business.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 May 2024
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cjwm-89qw-9q6v

## What is CVE-2024-31409?

CVE-2024-31409 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in CyberPower PowerPanel business, published on 15 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Certain MQTT wildcards are not blocked on the 
CyberPower PowerPanel

system, which might result in an attacker obtaining data from throughout the system after gaining access to any device.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-31409?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cyberpower Powerpanel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-31409?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-31409 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-31409 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31409 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in CyberPower PowerPanel business

- [CVE-2024-32047](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32047/): CyberPower PowerPanel business Active Debug Code (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-32053](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32053/): CyberPower PowerPanel business Use of Hard-coded Credentials (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-33625](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33625/): CyberPower PowerPanel business Use of Hard-coded Password (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-34025](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34025/): CyberPower PowerPanel business Use of Hard-coded Password (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-32735](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32735/): CyberPower PowerPanel Enterprise Missing Authentication (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-31409 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-31409 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in CyberPower PowerPanel business, published on 15 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31409 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CyberPower PowerPanel business. 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-2024-31409/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31409/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-31409
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31409
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-31409

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31409/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.