CVE-2024-51984 Information disclosure in ADS-1700W
Authenticated attackers can disclose external service passwords by reconfiguring multifunction printers to use attacker-controlled services.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-51984?
CVE-2024-51984 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brother Industries, Ltd ADS-1700W, published on 25 Jun 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An authenticated attacker can reconfigure the target device to use an external service (such as LDAP or FTP) controlled by the attacker. If an existing password is present for an external service, the attacker can force the target device to authenticate to an attacker controlled device using the existing credentials for that external service. In the case of an external LDAP or FTP service, this will disclose the plaintext password for that external service to the attacker.
Weakness: CWE-522
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-51984?
How do I fix CVE-2024-51984?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-51984 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-51984 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-51984 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fm35-4249-m22r.