Incorrect AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-863

CVE-2024-13947

MEDIUM · 6.0 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-05-22
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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66/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable Zero-click

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 · unedited
Device 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 confidence

This 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.

MitigationOrganizations 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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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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify if affected products are deployed
    Inventory 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.
  2. Determine if admin credentials may be compromised
    Review 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.
  3. Check for unauthorized configuration changes
    Compare 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.
  4. Assess management interface exposure
    Review 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.
  5. Verify access control configuration
    Within 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.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Organizations 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.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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