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CVE-2024-45481: Improper authentication in SSH of B&R APROL

8.5 CVSS

Description

An Incomplete Filtering of Special Elements vulnerability in scripts using the SSH server on B&R APROL <4.4-00P5 may allow an authenticated local attacker to authenticate as another legitimate user.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-45481

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem Types

CWE-791: Incomplete Filtering of Special Elements

Affected Products

Vendor: B&R Industrial Automation

Product: B&R APROL

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.01% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 1.57% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-23 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45481
https://www.br-automation.com/fileadmin/SA24P015-77573c08.pdf

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