# CVE-2024-7408: Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Airveda Air Quality Monitor

> Attackers can capture sensitive data during Wi-Fi pairing to perform Evil Twin attacks on Airveda Air Quality Monitors.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 9 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3wvg-3mmq-332j

## What is CVE-2024-7408?

CVE-2024-7408 is a high-severity vulnerability in Airveda Air Quality Monitor PM2.5 PM10, published on 9 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

This vulnerability exists in Airveda Air Quality Monitor PM2.5 PM10 due to transmission of sensitive information in plain text during AP pairing mode. An attacker in close proximity could exploit this vulnerability by capturing Wi-Fi traffic of Airveda-AP.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow the attacker to cause Evil Twin attack on the targeted system.

Weakness: CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7408?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Airveda Pm2.5 Pm10 Monitor Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7408?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7408 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7408 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7408 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7408 is a high-severity vulnerability in Airveda Air Quality Monitor PM2.5 PM10, published on 9 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Airveda Air Quality Monitor PM2.5 PM10. 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-2024-7408/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7408/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7408
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7408
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7408

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7408/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.