# CVE-2024-42001: Vonets WiFi Bridges Forced Browsing

> Unauthenticated remote attackers can bypass authentication on Vonets industrial WiFi bridges by exploiting forced browsing during active sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mcm9-5x7f-2h95

## What is CVE-2024-42001?

CVE-2024-42001 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Vonets VAP11AC, published on 8 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

An improper authentication vulnerability affecting Vonets

 

 industrial wifi bridge relays and wifi bridge repeaters, software versions 
3.3.23.6.9 and prior enables an unauthenticated remote attacker to 
bypass authentication via a specially crafted direct request when 
another user has an active session.

Weakness: CWE-425 (Direct Request)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42001?

It affects 14 products.


Products: Vonets Vap11ac Firmware, Vonets Vap11g-300 Firmware, Vonets Vap11g-500 Firmware, Vonets Vap11g-500s Firmware, Vonets Vap11g Firmware, Vonets Vap11n-300 Firmware, Vonets Vap11s-5g Firmware, Vonets Vap11s Firmware, Vonets Var11n-300 Firmware, Vonets Var1200-H Firmware, Vonets Var1200-L Firmware, Vonets Var600-H Firmware, Vonets Vbg1200 Firmware, Vonets Vga-1000 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-42001?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42001 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-42001 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42001 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Vonets VAP11AC

- [CVE-2024-39791](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39791/): Vonets WiFi Bridges Stack-based Buffer Overflow (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-37023](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37023/): Vonets WiFi Bridges Command Injection (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2024-39815](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39815/): Vonets WiFi Bridges Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2024-29082](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29082/): Vonets WiFi Bridges Improper Access Control (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-41161](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41161/): Vonets WiFi Bridges Use of Hard-coded Credentials (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42001 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42001 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Vonets VAP11AC, published on 8 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42001 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Vonets VAP11AC. 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-2024-42001/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42001/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42001
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42001
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42001

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42001/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.