CVE-2024-28875
Published: 30 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-28875 is a high-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Level1 Wbr-6012 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 48.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-25945
Vulnerability details
A security flaw involving hard-coded credentials in LevelOne WBR-6012's web services allows attackers to gain unauthorized access during the first 30 seconds post-boot. Other vulnerabilities can force a reboot, circumventing the initial time restriction for exploitation.The backdoor string can be…
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found at address 0x80100910 80100910 40 6d 21 74 ds "@m!t2K1" 32 4b 31 00 It is referenced by the function located at 0x800b78b0 and is used as shown in the pseudocode below: if ((SECOND_FROM_BOOT_TIME < 300) && (is_equal = strcmp(password,"@m!t2K1")) { return 1;} Where 1 is the return value to admin-level access (0 being fail and 3 being user).
- 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.
Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.
Security training explicitly warns against hard-coded credentials, lowering their use in systems.
Policy and procedures prohibit hard-coded credentials in favor of managed authentication.
External identity providers eliminate the need for hard-coded credentials in applications.
Changing default authenticators prior to first use and protecting content prevents use of hard-coded credentials.
Central credential stores and rotation policies remove the need for hard-coded credentials in configuration files or code.
Intelligence programs surface reports of campaigns that abuse hard-coded credentials in products, prompting removal or replacement and thereby reducing successful exploitation.
Planned investment enables secure credential storage and management systems instead of hard-coded credentials.