CVE-2024-22454
Published: 13 February 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-22454 is a high-severity Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password (CWE-640) vulnerability in Dell Powerprotect Data Manager. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 21.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-19998
Vulnerability details
Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, version 19.15 and prior versions, contain a weak password recovery mechanism for forgotten passwords. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to unauthorized access to the application with privileges of the compromised account.…
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The attacker could retrieve the reset password token without authorization and then perform the password change
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Establishing procedures for lost or compromised authenticators addresses weak password recovery mechanisms.