AVTECH Room Alert Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information (CVE-2024-33470)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 505322

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

When an administrator authenticates with the device and browses the settings pages, the SMTP password is loaded from the device and presented in the DOM in plaintext. When settings are saved, the SMTP credentials are sent back to the device in plain text. This allows an actor with administrative access to the device to obtain the SMTP credentials previously stored in the device's settings.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 505322

File Name: tenable_ot_avtech_CVE-2024-33470.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 4/17/2026

Updated: 4/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:avtech:room_alert_12e_firmware, cpe:/o:avtech:room_alert_3e_firmware, cpe:/o:avtech:room_alert_4e_firmware, cpe:/o:avtech:room_alert_32e_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/AVTECH

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-33470

CWE: 312

Detections

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