CVE-2024-12297 CRITICAL

CVE-2024-12297: Frontend Authorization Logic Disclosure Vulnerability

Vendor Moxa
Product EDS-508A Series
Weakness CWE-656
Published January 15, 2025
Last update March 6, 2025

CVSS base score

9.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Moxa’s Ethernet switch is vulnerable to an authentication bypass because of flaws in its authorization mechanism. Although both client-side and back-end server verification are involved in the process, attackers can exploit weaknesses in its implementation. These vulnerabilities may enable brute-force attacks to guess valid credentials or MD5 collision attacks to forge authentication hashes, potentially compromising the security of the device.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 15, 2025 CVE published
March 6, 2025 Record updated