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CVE-2024-39888: A vulnerability has been identified in Mendix Encryption (All versions >= V10.0.0 < V10.0.2). Affected versions of the module define a specific...

7.5 CVSS

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Mendix Encryption (All versions >= V10.0.0 < V10.0.2). Affected versions of the module define a specific hard-coded default value for the EncryptionKey constant, which is used in projects where no individual EncryptionKey was specified.

This could allow to an attacker to decrypt any encrypted project data, as the default encryption key can be considered compromised.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-39888

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types

CWE-547: Use of Hard-coded, Security-relevant Constants

Affected Products

Vendor: Siemens

Product: Mendix Encryption

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.09% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 26.57% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-05-30 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact:

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39888
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-998949.html

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