{"id":"CVE-2024-51978","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-51978","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:23:56.839Z","title":"An unauthenticated attacker who knows the target device's serial number, can generate the default administrator password for the device.","description":"An unauthenticated attacker who knows the target device's serial number, can generate the default administrator password for the device. An unauthenticated attacker can first discover the target device's serial number via CVE-2024-51977 over HTTP/HTTPS/IPP, or via a PJL request, or via an SNMP request.","published":"2025-06-25T08:15:31.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T08:06:39.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"cve@rapid7.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-1391"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.15832,"percentile":0.96856,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blte4f029e766e6b253/blt6495b3c6adf2867f/685aa980a26c5e2b1026969c/vulnerability-disclosure-whitepaper.pdf","source":"cve@rapid7.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-51978.yaml","source":"cve@rapid7.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/20349","source":"cve@rapid7.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/sfewer-r7/BrotherVulnerabilities","source":"cve@rapid7.com"},{"url":"https://support.brother.com/g/b/link.aspx?prod=group2&faqid=faq00100846_000","source":"cve@rapid7.com"},{"url":"https://support.brother.com/g/b/link.aspx?prod=group2&faqid=faq00100848_000","source":"cve@rapid7.com"},{"url":"https://support.brother.com/g/b/link.aspx?prod=lmgroup1&faqid=faqp00100620_000","source":"cve@rapid7.com"},{"url":"https://www.konicaminolta.com/global-en/security/advisory/pdf/km-2025-0001.pdf","source":"cve@rapid7.com"},{"url":"https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/multiple-brother-devices-multiple-vulnerabilities-fixed","source":"cve@rapid7.com"},{"url":"https://www.toshibatec.com/information/20250625_02.html","source":"cve@rapid7.com"},{"url":"https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/brother-printer-bug-in-689-models-exposes-default-admin-passwords/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/millions-brother-printers-critical-unpatchable-bug","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.securityweek.com/new-vulnerabilities-expose-millions-of-brother-printers-to-hacking/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blte4f029e766e6b253/blt6495b3c6adf2867f/685aa980a26c5e2b1026969c/vulnerability-disclosure-whitepaper.pdf","source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51978","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}