CVE-2024-45373
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 · uneditedOnce logged in to ProGauge MAGLINK LX4 CONSOLE, a valid user can change their privileges to administrator.
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 confidenceProGauge MAGLINK LX4 CONSOLE allows any authenticated user to escalate their own privileges to administrator level by modifying their user account settings. This vertical privilege escalation occurs due to missing or inadequate server-side authorization controls on the privilege modification functionality.
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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<= 3.4.2.2.6<= 4.17.9eCVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 the device firmware versionAccess the ProGauge MAGLINK LX or LX4 Console web interface and navigate to System Settings or About page to locate the firmware version. Alternatively, check the console's system information or diagnostics page.Affected if The firmware version is <= 3.4.2.2.6 for MAGLINK LX Console or <= 4.17.9e for MAGLINK LX4 Console
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Verify if user account management functionality existsLog into the console with a non-administrator user account and navigate to the User Account Settings or User Management section to see if privilege modification options are available.Affected if The interface allows authenticated users to access user account settings where privilege level can be modified
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Test privilege escalation capabilityUsing a non-administrator authenticated account, attempt to modify your own user account settings to change the privilege level to Administrator.Affected if A non-administrator user can successfully elevate their own account privileges to administrator level
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Check for server-side authorization controlsInspect the application's user management API endpoints or configuration to verify if server-side role-based access control checks are performed before allowing privilege modifications.Affected if The system does not enforce server-side authorization checks to restrict privilege modification to administrator accounts only
A user is affected if the console firmware is at or below the affected version AND the system allows any authenticated non-administrator user to escalate their own privileges to administrator level through user account 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.
From vendor dataImplement proper role-based access control (RBAC) on the server side to prevent non-administrator users from modifying their privilege level. Restrict privilege modification functionality to administrator accounts only and add validation checks before any privilege 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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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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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