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PassboxApplication · Profelis

CVE-2024-7015

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-09-09
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 1.2 or later.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges 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
Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in Profelis Informatics and Consulting PassBox allows Authentication Abuse. This issue affects PassBox: before v1.2.

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

Missing authentication control in PassBox before v1.2 allows unauthenticated attackers to directly access critical functions, bypassing the entire authentication mechanism. This enables authentication abuse where attackers can invoke privileged operations without any credentials.

MitigationUpgrade PassBox to v1.2 or later to obtain the patched version with proper authentication enforcement for all critical functions.

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
PassboxApplication
Affected:< 1.2

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 checks

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

  1. Identify PassBox installation
    Search for PassBox executables, services, or installation directories on the system. Check common installation paths and look for the PassBox application or service.
    Affected if PassBox is found installed on the system
  2. Determine installed PassBox version
    Check version information via executable properties, version file, service metadata, or application about/help panel. Compare the installed version against the affected range.
    Affected if Installed version is 1.1.x or earlier (any version below 1.2)
  3. Verify authentication enforcement on critical functions
    Review access control configurations or logs to confirm whether critical functions require authentication. If possible, check if authentication middleware is properly applied to all privileged operations.
    Affected if Critical functions lack proper authentication controls or allow unauthenticated access

System is affected if PassBox version is below 1.2 and critical functions can be accessed without valid credentials.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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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 · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 1.2 or later
Fixed in 1.2
Interim mitigation

Upgrade PassBox to v1.2 or later to obtain the patched version with proper authentication enforcement for all critical functions.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

PassBox v1.2

  1. Upgrade PassBox to version 1.2 or later to remediate the missing authentication vulnerability

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Passbox Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
12.0 hours of engineering $2,120
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