Vulnerability · Published Jan 13, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-57811
Critical 9.1
In plain English
A critical-severity hard-coded credentials in the affected software. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.1Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In Eaton X303 3.5.16 - X303 3.5.17 Build 712, an attacker with network access to a XC-303 PLC can login as root over SSH. The root password is hardcoded in the firmware. NOTE: This vulnerability appears in versions that are no longer supported by Eaton.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-798 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H