CVE-2024-45483
Missing GRUB password in B&R APROL
A Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in the GRUB configuration used B&R APROL <4.4-01 may allow an unauthenticated physical attacker to alter the boot configuration of the operating system.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Missing GRUB password in B&R APROL
A Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in the GRUB configuration used B&R APROL <4.4-01 may allow an unauthenticated physical attacker to alter the boot configuration of the operating system.
- Record
CVE-2024-45483- CVSS 4.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-54292
A Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in the GRUB configuration used B&R APROL <4.4-01 may allow an unauthenticated physical attacker to alter the boot configuration of the operating system.
- Record
EUVD-2024-54292- CVSS 4.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mhcg-8f2w-mrwx
A Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in the GRUB configuration used B&R...
A Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in the GRUB configuration used B&R APROL <4.4-01 may allow an unauthenticated physical attacker to alter the boot configuration of the operating system.
- Record
GHSA-mhcg-8f2w-mrwx- CVSS 4.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in the GRUB configuration used B&R APROL <4.4-01 may allow an unauthenticated physical attacker to alter the boot configuration of the operating system.
- Record
CVE-2024-45483- CVSS 4.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-45483 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in B&r Industrial Automation Gmbh Aprol, published March 25, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 14th percentile. No source names a fixed version.