CVE-2024-12142
Published: 17 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-12142 is a high-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CWE-200) vulnerability in Schneider Electric (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.6 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 37.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Enforces approved authorizations to prevent unauthenticated remote attackers from accessing restricted web pages and invoking functions, directly mitigating information disclosure, modification, and DoS.
Validates inputs to web pages and restricted functions to block exploitation via modified web pages, preventing disclosure, further modifications, and DoS.
Limits the effects of denial-of-service attacks triggered by invoking restricted functions on modified web pages.
NVD Description
CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability exists that could cause information disclosure of restricted web page, modification of web page and denial of service when specific web pages are modified and restricted functions are invoked.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2024-12142 is a CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability affecting Schneider Electric products. It enables information disclosure from restricted web pages, modification of web pages, and denial of service when specific web pages are altered and restricted functions are invoked. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.6 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H), indicating high severity due to its network accessibility, low complexity, and lack of prerequisites.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to disclose sensitive information from restricted web pages, modify web page content, and cause denial of service, potentially disrupting affected systems.
Schneider Electric has published security advisory SEVD-2025-014-05, available at https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2025-014-05&p_enDocType=Security+and+Safety+Notice&p_File_Name=SEVD-2025-014-05.pdf, which provides details on the vulnerability and recommended mitigations.
Details
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