CVE-2024-5514
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 · uneditedMinMax CMS from MinMax Digital Technology contains a hidden administrator account with a fixed password that cannot be removed or disabled from the management interface. Remote attackers who obtain this account can bypass IP access control restrictions and log in to the backend system without being recorded in the system logs.
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 confidenceMinMax CMS contains a hardcoded hidden administrator account with a static password embedded in the codebase. This account cannot be removed through the administrative interface and bypasses both IP access control restrictions and system logging, allowing remote attackers to achieve full administrative access without detection.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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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Confirm MinMax CMS installationIdentify whether MinMax CMS is deployed in your environment by locating its installation directory or checking for MinMax-specific web application files.Affected if MinMax CMS is present in the environment.
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Review source code for hardcoded credentialsSearch the application source code for hardcoded username and password strings, looking for hidden or undocumented administrative accounts defined in configuration or authentication modules.Affected if Hardcoded administrative credentials are found in the codebase.
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Check for hidden admin accountsCompare the list of administrator accounts visible in the administrative interface against the actual user records in the database or user configuration files.Affected if An administrative account exists that is not listed or manageable through the admin interface.
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Verify IP access control bypassTest authentication attempts from IP addresses outside the permitted range to determine whether the hidden account successfully authenticates regardless of configured IP restrictions.Affected if Authentication succeeds from blocked or untrusted IP addresses using the hidden account.
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Audit authentication logs for completenessReview system and application logs for authentication events related to the hidden account, comparing against expected logging behavior for all admin login attempts.Affected if Login events for the hidden account are missing from logs while successful admin access occurs.
Your environment is affected if MinMax CMS is installed and a hidden hardcoded administrative account exists in the codebase that bypasses IP restrictions and logging.
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 dataContact MinMax Digital Technology for an emergency patch to remove the hardcoded account. In the interim, implement network segmentation to restrict admin interface access to trusted IPs only, and deploy a WAF to detect anomalous authentication patterns.
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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-2024-5514 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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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