CVE-2024-33625
Published: 15 May 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-33625 is a critical-severity Use of Hard-coded Password (CWE-259) vulnerability in Cyberpower Powerpanel. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked at the 10.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-34482
Vulnerability details
CyberPower PowerPanel business application code contains a hard-coded JWT signing key. This could result in an attacker forging JWT tokens to bypass authentication.
- 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.
Changing default authenticators prior to first use directly prevents use of hard-coded passwords.
Shared threat data frequently highlights products or deployments still using hard-coded passwords, enabling remediation that directly blocks credential-based attacks.
Background checks and authorization requirements decrease the probability that a developer will hard-code passwords for later unauthorized access.
Reviews of supplier deliverables reduce the chance that hard-coded passwords are introduced into the system.