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Advantech ADAM-5550 Weak Encoding For Password (CVE-2024-37187)
medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 505218
Synopsis
The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.Description
Advantech ADAM-5550 share user credentials with a low level of encryption, consisting of base 64 encoding.This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.
Solution
The following text was originally created by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The original can be found at CISA.gov.ADAM-5550 is currently being phased out, and Advantech strongly recommends all ADAM-5550 users upgrade to ADAM-5630 firmware version 2.5.2 or higher.
See Also
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-270-01
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 505218
File Name: tenable_ot_advantech_CVE-2024-37187.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: remote
Family: Tenable.ot
Published: 3/9/2026
Updated: 3/10/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 4.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-37187
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.7
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:advantech:adam-5550_firmware:-
Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Advantech
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-37187