# CVE-2024-51977: Information disclosure in DCP-1610W

> Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive device information via HTTP/HTTPS/IPP services on vulnerable multifunction printers.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 30 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-27h4-8c24-mx7w

## What is CVE-2024-51977?

CVE-2024-51977 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brother Industries, Ltd DCP-1610W, published on 25 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An unauthenticated attacker who can access either the HTTP service (TCP port 80), the HTTPS service (TCP port 443), or the IPP service (TCP port 631), can leak several pieces of sensitive information from a vulnerable device. The URI path /etc/mnt_info.csv can be accessed via a GET request and no authentication is required. The returned result is a comma separated value (CSV) table of information. The leaked information includes the device’s model, firmware version, IP address, and serial number.

Weakness: CWE-538 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-51977?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-51977?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-51977 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-51977 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-51977 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Multiple Brother Devices: Multiple Vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-51977, CVE-2024-51978, CVE-2024-51979, CVE-2024-51980, CVE-2024-51981, CVE-2024-51982, CVE-2024-51983, CVE-2024-51984) (github_poc): https://github.com/sfewer-r7/BrotherVulnerabilities
- Multiple Brother devices authentication bypass via default administrator password generation (metasploit)
- Brother MFC-L9570CDW - Information Disclosure (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-51977.yaml

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-51977 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-51977 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brother Industries, Ltd DCP-1610W, published on 25 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-51977 exists.

Affected product: Brother Industries, Ltd DCP-1610W. 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-2024-51977/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51977/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-51977
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51977
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-51977

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51977/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.