CVE-2024-51978 is a critical vulnerability affecting numerous Brother printer models, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to generate the default administrator password after discovering the device's serial number. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not yet listed on CISA's KEV, public exploit modules for Metasploit and Nuclei are available, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high potential for active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brother Industries, Ltd | ADS-1250W | >= 0, <= R(3.75)CNA affecteddefault unaffected | |
| Brother Industries, Ltd | ADS-1350W | >= 0, <= C(1.06)CNA affecteddefault unaffected | |
| Brother Industries, Ltd | ADS-1700W | >= 0, <= R(3.75)CNA affecteddefault unaffected | |
| Brother Industries, Ltd | ADS-1800W | >= 0, <= C(1.06)CNA affecteddefault unaffected | |
| Brother Industries, Ltd | ADS-2700W | >= 0, <= M(4.28)CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.