MXsecurity Use of Hard-coded Credentials

published 2024-10-18 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-44337

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits: 0; none known

MXsecurity software versions v1.1.0 and prior are vulnerable because of the use of hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to tamper with sensitive data.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-18)

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

Moxa MXsecurity Series
moxa mxsecurity

Classification

Weakness

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

moxa.com /en/support/product-support/security-advisory/mpsa-231878-mxsecurity-series-multiple-vulnerabilities
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-4740
NVD CVE-2024-4740

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Summary