CVE-2024-48845
Weak Password Reset Rules vulnerabilities where found providing a potiential for the storage of weak passwords that could facilitate unauthorized admin/application access.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is critical, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.8%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Weak Password Reset Rules vulnerabilities where found providing a potiential for the storage of weak passwords that could facilitate unauthorized admin/application access. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.07.02; NEXUS Series v3.07.02; MATRIX Series v3.07.02
- CVSS 4.0
- 9.3 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 1.82% probability · 79th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 15 April 2025
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-521
- Affected
- abb/aspect-ent-2 firmware · abb/aspect-ent-256 firmware · abb/aspect-ent-96 firmware · abb/nexus-2128 firmware · abb/nexus-2128-a firmware · abb/nexus-2128-f firmware · abb/nexus-2128-g firmware · abb/nexus-264 firmware · abb/nexus-264-a firmware · abb/nexus-264-g firmware · abb/nexus-3-2128 firmware · abb/aspect-ent-12 firmware · abb/nexus-264-f firmware · abb/nexus-3-264 firmware · abb/matrix-11 firmware · abb/matrix-216 firmware · abb/matrix-232 firmware · abb/matrix-264 firmware · abb/matrix-296 firmware
- Source
- cybersecurity@ch.abb.com
EPSS 1.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.