Privilege escalation via crafted protection-assignment requests
Published Aug 12, 2024 · Updated Aug 22, 2025
Privilege escalation in Sprecher Automation SPRECON-E before 8.71j allows remote authenticated users to save unauthorized protection assignments. The HTTP(S) request handler accepts specially generated requests that save reduced-rights protection assignments independently of the caller's assigned role. Exploitation requires configured web-interface access but does not occur directly through the web interface, and unauthorized assignments alter protection configuration.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Sprecher Automation SPRECON-E before 8.71j allows remote authenticated users to save unauthorized protection assignments. The HTTP(S) request handler accepts specially generated requests that save reduced-rights protection assignments independently of the caller's assigned role. Exploitation requires configured web-interface access but does not occur directly through the web interface, and unauthorized assignments alter protection configuration.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-6758
- Published
- Aug 12, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 22, 2025
- Vendor
- Sprecher Automation
- Product
- SPRECON-E
- Classifications
- CWE-266, T0836
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 22, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 << 8.71j
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