CVE-2024-8456 is a critical vulnerability affecting specific PLANET Technology switch models, including the GS-4210-24P2S and GS-4210-24PL4C series. It stems from improper access control in the firmware upload/download functionality, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to gain full device control. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.305b240802CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:planet:gs-4210-24p2s_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.305b240719CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:planet:gs-4210-24pl4c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.