Administrator credential disclosure via cleartext API response
Published Jun 14, 2024 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Credential disclosure in Toshiba Tec e-STUDIO MFPs allows remote attackers to read administrator passwords through the internal API. The /contentwebserver endpoint returns cleartext UserCredential and other password fields after two crafted POST requests. Exploitation requires an administrator session cookie, obtained directly or through another flaw, and exposes credentials that permit printer administration.
Summary
What happened
Credential disclosure in Toshiba Tec e-STUDIO MFPs allows remote attackers to read administrator passwords through the internal API. The /contentwebserver endpoint returns cleartext UserCredential and other password fields after two crafted POST requests. Exploitation requires an administrator session cookie, obtained directly or through another flaw, and exposes credentials that permit printer administration.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-27163
- Published
- Jun 14, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Toshiba Tec Corporation
- Product
- Toshiba Tec e-STUDIO
- Classifications
- CWE-319, CAPEC-158, T1555
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 14, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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