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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.1

CVE-2024-28751 json

ifm: Hardcoded telnet credentials in Smart PLC

published 2024-07-09 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-25839

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An high privileged remote attacker can enable telnet access that accepts hardcoded credentials.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • ifm Smart PLC AC14xx Firmware
  • ifm Smart PLC AC4xxS Firmware
  • ifm smart_plc_ac14xx_firmware
  • ifm smart_plc_ac4xxs_firmware

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.