CVE-2024-8456 PLANET Technology switch devices - Missing Authentication for multiple HTTP routes

What is CVE-2024-8456?

CVE-2024-8456 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in PLANET Technology GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0, published on 30 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Certain switch models from PLANET Technology lack proper access control in firmware upload and download functionality, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to download and upload firmware and system configurations, ultimately gaining full control of the devices.

Weakness: CWE-306

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8456?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Planet Gs-4210-24p2s Firmware, Planet Gs-4210-24pl4c Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8456?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8456 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-8456 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8456 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in PLANET Technology GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0

• CVE-2024-8448 PLANET Technology switch devices - Remote privilege escalation using hard-coded credentials High 8.8
• CVE-2024-8458 PLANET Technology switch devices - Cross-site Request Forgery High 8.8
• CVE-2024-8450 PLANET Technology switch devices - Hard-coded SNMPv1 read-write community string High 8.6
• CVE-2024-8455 PLANET Technology switch devices - Swctrl service exchanges weakly encoded passwords High 8.1
• CVE-2024-8451 PLANET Technology switch devices - SSH server DoS attack High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-95r9-qccg-f3gc.