CVE-2024-41683
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 · uneditedA vulnerability has been identified in Location Intelligence family (All versions < V4.4). Affected products do not properly enforce a strong user password policy. This could facilitate a brute force attack against legitimate user passwords.
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 · high confidenceThe Location Intelligence product family (versions prior to V4.4) fails to enforce strong password complexity requirements during user password creation/changes. This allows users to set weak passwords that are susceptible to brute force attacks, potentially enabling unauthorized access to legitimate user accounts.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 4.4CVSS 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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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 the installed Location Intelligence versionAccess the product's admin console or check the installed software version through the system's 'About' or version information panelAffected if The installed version is lower than V4.4 (e.g., V4.3, V4.2, etc.)
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Locate password policy configurationAccess the admin or security settings panel in the Location Intelligence web interface and navigate to user management or password policy settingsAffected if Password complexity requirements (such as minimum length, character type requirements, or complexity rules) are not visible or not defined
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Verify password complexity enforcement during creationAttempt to create or modify a test user account using a weak password (e.g., 'password123' or 'admin') and observe whether the system accepts it despite lacking complexityAffected if The system accepts passwords that lack uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, or special characters, or accepts very short passwords
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Review active password complexity settingsCheck the password policy configuration file or settings panel for parameters such as minimum password length, required character types, or complexity validation rulesAffected if No complexity requirements are configured or the policy shows that complexity validation is disabled or set to 'none'
You are affected if your installed Location Intelligence version is below V4.4 and password complexity is not enforced or is missing in the password policy settings.
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.
dbcve · scoped4.4
Upgrade to Location Intelligence V4.4 or later which enforces strong password policies, or implement compensating controls such as account lockout thresholds and multi-factor authentication.
V4.4
- Identify the current installed version of Siemens Location Intelligence
- Review current backup and disaster recovery procedures
- Create a full backup of the current system configuration and database
- Plan maintenance window for the upgrade process
- Download Location Intelligence version V4.4 or later from the Siemens support portal
- Execute the upgrade following the official upgrade documentation
- After upgrade, verify the password policy settings are now enforced in the administration console
- Test that strong password requirements are applied to existing and new user accounts
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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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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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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