Vulnerability in Brother Industries, Ltd Ads-1700w

CVE-2024-51984

An authenticated attacker can reconfigure the target device to use an external service (such as LDAP or FTP) controlled by the attacker. If an existing password is present for an external service, the attacker can force the target device to authenticate to an attacker controlled device using the existing credentials for that external service. In the case of an external LDAP or FTP service, this will disclose the plaintext password for that external service to the attacker.

EPSS: 0.008 (54.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-51984?
CVE-2024-51984 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brother Industries, Ltd Ads-1700w, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2025-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-51984?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-51984 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.