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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.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-09 16:32 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
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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ifm smart_plc_ac14xx_firmware Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.3.17 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:h:ifm:smart_plc_ac14xx_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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ifm smart_plc_ac4xxs_firmware Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.3.17 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:h:ifm:smart_plc_ac4xxs_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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