CVE-2024-13947
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedDevice commissioning parameters in ASPECT may be modified by an external source if administrative credentials become compromisedThis issue affects ASPECT-Enterprise: through 3.*; NEXUS Series: through 3.*; MATRIX Series: through 3.*.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis vulnerability allows an external attacker to modify device commissioning parameters in ASPECT-Enterprise, NEXUS Series, and MATRIX Series devices if administrative credentials have been compromised. The issue stems from insufficient access controls on device configuration settings, enabling unauthorized parameter changes once an attacker obtains valid admin credentials.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if affected products are deployedInventory your network for ASPECT-Enterprise, NEXUS Series, or MATRIX Series devices. Check device labels, management interfaces, or network scans for these product names.Affected if Any of these three product families are present in the environment.
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Determine if admin credentials may be compromisedReview authentication logs for failed login attempts, credential stuffing patterns, or successful logins from unfamiliar IP addresses or locations on administrative interfaces.Affected if Evidence suggests administrative passwords have been exposed, reused, or obtained by unauthorized parties.
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Check for unauthorized configuration changesCompare current device commissioning parameters (settings, thresholds, operational limits) against known-good baselines or configuration backups.Affected if Configuration values differ from the expected baseline without documented approval.
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Assess management interface exposureReview firewall rules and network access controls to determine if administrative interfaces for these devices are accessible from untrusted/external networks.Affected if Management interfaces are reachable from the internet or untrusted network segments.
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Verify access control configurationWithin the device administrative interface, examine user role assignments and privilege settings to confirm if proper access controls are enforced on configuration parameters.Affected if Low-privilege accounts can modify commissioning parameters or access controls are not properly restricting configuration changes.
The environment is affected if any ASPECT-Enterprise, NEXUS Series, or MATRIX Series devices are present AND administrative credentials have been compromised, allowing unauthorized modification of device commissioning parameters.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataOrganizations should immediately rotate compromised administrative credentials, implement network segmentation to limit exposure of management interfaces, enable multi-factor authentication for administrative access, and monitor for unauthorized configuration changes.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-13947 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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