# CVE-2024-48840: Unauthorized Access

> Attackers can achieve remote code execution via unauthorized access in ABB ASPECT Enterprise and related series.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r8wg-fm7g-x3vf

## What is CVE-2024-48840?

CVE-2024-48840 is a critical code injection vulnerability in ABB ASPECT-Enterprise, published on 5 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unauthorized Access vulnerabilities allow Remote Code Execution. 
Affected products:

ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; 
NEXUS Series v3.08.02; 
MATRIX Series v3.08.02

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-48840?

It affects 19 products.


Products: Abb Aspect-Ent-12 Firmware, Abb Aspect-Ent-256 Firmware, Abb Aspect-Ent-2 Firmware, Abb Aspect-Ent-96 Firmware, Abb Matrix-11 Firmware, Abb Matrix-216 Firmware, Abb Matrix-232 Firmware, Abb Matrix-264 Firmware, Abb Matrix-296 Firmware, Abb Nexus-2128-a Firmware, Abb Nexus-2128-F Firmware, Abb Nexus-2128-G Firmware, Abb Nexus-2128 Firmware, Abb Nexus-264-a Firmware, Abb Nexus-264-F Firmware, Abb Nexus-264-G Firmware, Abb Nexus-264 Firmware, Abb Nexus-3-2128 Firmware, Abb Nexus-3-264 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-48840?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-48840 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-48840 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-48840 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- ABB Cylon Aspect 3.08.02 (deployStart.php) - Unauthenticated Command Execution (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in ABB ASPECT-Enterprise

- [CVE-2024-6209](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6209/): unauthorized file access (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2024-6298](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6298/): remote code execution (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2024-51547](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51547/): Credentials Disclosure - keys (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2024-11317](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11317/): PHP Session Fixation (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2024-48839](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48839/): Remote Code Execution, RCE (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-48840 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-48840 is a critical code injection vulnerability in ABB ASPECT-Enterprise, published on 5 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-48840 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ABB ASPECT-Enterprise. 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-2024-48840/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48840/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48840
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48840
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-48840

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48840/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.