Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-23486

Critical

Published: 15 April 2024

Published
15 April 2024
Modified
30 June 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0048 65.7th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-23486 is a critical-severity Plaintext Storage of a Password (CWE-256) vulnerability in Buffalo Wsr-2533Dhp Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 34.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Plaintext storage of a password issue exists in BUFFALO wireless LAN routers, which may allow a network-adjacent unauthenticated attacker with access to the product's login page may obtain configured credentials.

CWE(s)
CWE-256

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

buffalo
wsr-2533dhp firmware
≤ 1.07
buffalo
wsr-2533dhpl firmware
≤ 1.07
buffalo
wsr-2533dhp2 firmware
≤ 1.11
buffalo
wsr-a2533dhp2 firmware
≤ 1.11

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.

SC-28 Protection of Information at Rest
addresses: CWE-256

Protection of passwords and credentials at rest forces encryption or equivalent controls instead of plaintext storage.

References