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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.9

CVE-2024-8453 json

PLANET Technology switch devices - Weak hash for users' passwords

published 2024-09-30 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-49187

cvss
4.9
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 23%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Certain switch models from PLANET Technology use an insecure hashing function to hash user passwords without being salted. Remote attackers with administrator privileges can read configuration files to obtain the hash values, and potentially crack them to retrieve the plaintext passwords.

Patch / fix

  • PLANET Technology GS-4210-24PL4C hardware 2.0 2.305b240719
  • PLANET Technology GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0 3.305b240802

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • PLANET Technology GS-4210-24PL4C hardware 2.0
  • PLANET Technology GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-328 Use of Weak Hash
  • CWE-759 Use of a One-Way Hash without a Salt

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.