# CVE-2024-32042: CyberPower PowerPanel business Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format

> Attackers can recover stored passwords because the encryption key is hardcoded in the application code, compromising user accounts.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:** 15 May 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4fcm-4jr3-58fg

## What is CVE-2024-32042?

CVE-2024-32042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CyberPower PowerPanel business, published on 15 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The key used to encrypt passwords stored in the database can be found in
 the 
CyberPower PowerPanel

application code, allowing the passwords to be recovered.

Weakness: CWE-257 (Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-32042?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cyberpower Powerpanel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-32042?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-32042 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-32042 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32042 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-2024-32042 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-32042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CyberPower PowerPanel business, published on 15 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32042 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-2024-32042/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32042/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-32042
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32042
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-32042

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32042/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.