CVE-2024-33898
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 · uneditedAxiros AXESS Auto Configuration Server (ACS) 4.x and 5.0.0 is affected by an Incorrect Access Control vulnerability. An authorization bypass allows remote attackers to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution.
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 confidenceThe Axiros AXESS Auto Configuration Server versions 4.x and 5.0.0 contains an Incorrect Access Control vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms entirely, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution on the affected system.
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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
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 Axiros AXESS ACS installationCheck running processes or installed services for 'axess', 'axiros', or 'acs' related components. Look for the service name 'axess-acs' or similar in process lists (tasklist on Windows, ps on Linux).Affected if The Axiros AXESS Auto Configuration Server software is present on the system.
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Determine installed versionCheck the version of the AXESS ACS installation. Common locations include: service version information, about dialog in web interface, installed package version, or configuration file containing version metadata. Compare the found version against 4.x and 5.0.0.Affected if The installed version is 4.x (any 4.x release) or specifically version 5.0.0.
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Verify ACS management interface exposureIdentify ports the ACS service is listening on (commonly 7547, 8080, 8443, or 3000 for web-based ACS interfaces). Use netstat or ss to list listening ports. Determine if these ports are bound to 0.0.0.0 or an externally-accessible network interface.Affected if The ACS management interface is listening on a network-accessible IP address rather than localhost only.
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Check authentication configurationExamine ACS configuration files or web interface settings for authentication enforcement. Look for settings related to 'authentication', 'auth required', or access control rules. Verify that authentication is explicitly enabled and not bypassed.Affected if Authentication is disabled, optional, or improperly configured in the ACS settings.
The environment is affected if Axiros AXESS ACS versions 4.x or 5.0.0 is installed, the management interface is network-accessible, and authentication can be bypassed due to the access control flaw.
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 dataApply vendor-provided patches for CVE-2024-33898 immediately. If no patch is available, restrict network access to the ACS management interface via firewall rules or network segmentation to limit exposure until a fix is released.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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