ABB FLXEON up to 9.3.5 hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ABB FLXEON up to 9.3.5. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-48842. The attack may be carried out on the physical device. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ABB FLXEON up to 9.3.5. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in ABB FLXEON.This issue affects FLXEON: through 9.3.5 and newer versions

The weakness was published by Gjoko Krstikj. It is possible to read the advisory at search.abb.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-48842 since 10/08/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1110.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/08/2024 CVE reserved
09/17/2025 +344 days Advisory disclosed
09/17/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/17/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: search.abb.com
Researcher: Gjoko Krstikj
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-48842 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-48842
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-324735

Entryinfo

Created: 09/17/2025 18:09
Changes: 09/17/2025 18:09 (75)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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