CVE-2024-8459
PLANET Technology switch devices - Cleartext storage of SNMPv3 users' passwords
Certain switch models from PLANET Technology store SNMPv3 users' passwords in plaintext within the configuration files, allowing remote attackers with administrator privileges to read the file and obtain the credentials.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
PLANET Technology switch devices - Cleartext storage of SNMPv3 users' passwords
Certain switch models from PLANET Technology store SNMPv3 users' passwords in plaintext within the configuration files, allowing remote attackers with administrator privileges to read the file and obtain the credentials.
- Record
CVE-2024-8459- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-49193
Certain switch models from PLANET Technology store SNMPv3 users' passwords in plaintext within the configuration files, allowing remote attackers with administrator privileges to read the file and obtain the credentials.
- Record
EUVD-2024-49193- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mxhx-3vq8-rjr5
Certain switch models from PLANET Technology store SNMPv3 users' passwords in plaintext within...
Certain switch models from PLANET Technology store SNMPv3 users' passwords in plaintext within the configuration files, allowing remote attackers with administrator privileges to read the file and obtain the credentials.
- Record
GHSA-mxhx-3vq8-rjr5- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Certain switch models from PLANET Technology store SNMPv3 users' passwords in plaintext within the configuration files, allowing remote attackers with administrator privileges to read the file and obtain the credentials.
- Record
CVE-2024-8459- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-8459 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Planet Gs-4210-24p2s Firmware, published September 30, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.