CVE-2024-38434 Unitronics Vision PLC - CWE-676: Use of Potentially Dangerous Function
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38434 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-38434 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unitronics Vision PLC, published on 21 Jul 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-2024-38434 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Unitronics Vision PLC. 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-2024-38434/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38434/index.md)
Use of potentially dangerous functions in Unitronics Vision PLC may allow attackers to bypass security features.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-38434?
CVE-2024-38434 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unitronics Vision PLC, published on 21 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unitronics Vision PLC –
CWE-676: Use of Potentially Dangerous Function may allow security feature bypass
Weakness: CWE-676
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38434?
How do I fix CVE-2024-38434?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38434 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-38434 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38434 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mxpm-gmqp-66xc.