What is CVE-2024-42470?

CVE-2024-42470 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openhab, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-42470?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-42470 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Openhab

CVE-2024-42470

openHAB, a provider of open-source home automation software, has add-ons including the visualization add-on CometVisu. Several endpoints in versions prior to 4.2.1 of the CometVisu add-on of openHAB don't require authentication. This makes…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.005 (40.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Openhab
Openhab Openhab-webui — versions < 4.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42470?: CVE-2024-42470 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openhab, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-42470?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-42470 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.