Hard coded default credential contained in install package

published 2024-07-01 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-32573

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.5%; EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Default credential in install package in ABB ASPECT; NEXUS Series; MATRIX Series version 3.07 allows attacker to login to product instances wrongly configured.

Patch / fix

fixed in 19

abb aspect-ent-2_firmware 3.07.02
abb aspect-ent-96_firmware 3.07.02
abb nexus-2128-a_firmware 3.07.02
abb nexus-2128-f_firmware 3.07.02
abb nexus-2128_firmware 3.07.02
abb nexus-2128-g_firmware 3.07.02
abb nexus-264-a_firmware 3.07.02
abb nexus-264-f_firmware 3.07.02
abb nexus-264_firmware 3.07.02
abb nexus-264-g_firmware 3.07.02
abb nexus-3-2128_firmware 3.07.02
abb nexus-3-264_firmware 3.07.02
abb matrix-11_firmware 3.07.02
abb matrix-216_firmware 3.07.02
abb matrix-232_firmware 3.07.02
abb matrix-264_firmware 3.07.02
abb aspect-ent-12_firmware 3.07.02
abb aspect-ent-256_firmware 3.07.02
abb matrix-296_firmware 3.07.02

Timeline

2024-07-01 Published
2025-04-03 First public exploit (EDB-52112)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-07-02)

Exploit prediction

1.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-52112 ABB Cylon Aspect 3.07.01 - Hard-coded Default Credentials webapps, 2025-04-03

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	8.7	CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Red
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	4.0	8.7	CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Red

Affected products

ABB ASPECT Enterprise (ASP-ENT-x)
ABB NEXUS Series (NEX-2x, NEXUS-3-x)
ABB MATRIX Series(MAT-x)
abb aspect-ent-2_firmware
abb aspect-ent-96_firmware
abb nexus-2128-a_firmware
abb nexus-2128-f_firmware
abb nexus-2128_firmware
abb nexus-2128-g_firmware
abb nexus-264-a_firmware
abb nexus-264-f_firmware
abb nexus-264_firmware
abb nexus-264-g_firmware
abb nexus-3-2128_firmware
abb nexus-3-264_firmware
abb matrix-11_firmware
abb matrix-216_firmware
abb matrix-232_firmware
abb matrix-264_firmware
abb aspect-ent-12_firmware
abb aspect-ent-256_firmware
abb matrix-296_firmware

Classification

Weakness

CWE-1392 Use of Default Credentials

References

search.abb.com /library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=9AKK108469A6101&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-4007
NVD CVE-2024-4007

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Summary