CVE-2024-28751 (GCVE-0-2024-28751)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-09 07:11 – Updated: 2025-08-22 09:53
VLAI
Title
ifm: Hardcoded telnet credentials in Smart PLC
Summary
An high privileged remote attacker can enable telnet access that accepts hardcoded credentials.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ifm Smart PLC AC14xx Firmware Affected: 0 , ≤ V4.3.17 (semver)
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ifm Smart PLC AC4xxS Firmware Affected: 0 , ≤ V4.3.17 (semver)
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Credits
Logan Carpenter Dragos
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