Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-38502

High

Published: 13 August 2024

Published
13 August 2024
Modified
22 August 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0058 69.4th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-38502 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Pepperl-Fuchs Icdm-Rx\/Tcp Socketserver Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 30.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An unauthenticated remote attacker may use stored XSS vulnerability to obtain information from a user or reboot the affected device once.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

pepperl-fuchs
icdm-rx\/tcp socketserver firmware
≤ 11.65
pepperl-fuchs
profinet firmware
≤ 3.4.9
pepperl-fuchs
profinet\/modbus firmware
≤ 1.0.7
pepperl-fuchs
modbus router firmware
≤ 7.09
pepperl-fuchs
modbus server firmware
≤ 7.11
pepperl-fuchs
modbus tcp firmware
≤ 7.11
pepperl-fuchs
ethernet\/ip firmware
≤ 7.22
pepperl-fuchs
eip\/modbus firmware
≤ 1.08

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

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