CVE-2024-51978

criticalpriority · track · 16EPSS 0.158 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUJP

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

15.8% (97th) EPSS

CVSS 9.8 · critical

Is it mine?

605 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · jvndb

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An unauthenticated attacker who knows the target device's serial number, can generate the default administrator password for the device. An unauthenticated attacker can first discover the target device's serial number via CVE-2024-51977 over HTTP/HTTPS/IPP, or via a PJL request, or via an SNMP request.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · cve@rapid7.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-1391US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

auxiliary/admin/misc/brother_default_admin_auth_bypass_cve_2024_51978Multiple Brother devices authentication bypass via default administrator password generationfunctional · metasploit

affected products (605)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

ADS-1250W≤ 0 ≤R(3.75)enisa_euvdEU
ADS-1350W≤ 0 ≤C(1.06)enisa_euvdEU
ADS-1700W≤ 0 ≤R(3.75)enisa_euvdEU
ADS-1800W≤ 0 ≤C(1.06)enisa_euvdEU
ADS-2700W≤ 0 ≤M(4.28)enisa_euvdEU
ADS-2700We≤ 0 ≤P(2.28)enisa_euvdEU
ADS-3300W≤ 0 ≤P(2.28)enisa_euvdEU
ADS-4300N≤ 0 ≤P(2.28)enisa_euvdEU
ADS-4500W≤ 0 ≤P(2.28)enisa_euvdEU
ADS-4700W≤ 0 ≤P(2.28)enisa_euvdEU
ADS-4900W≤ 0 ≤P(2.28)enisa_euvdEU
DCP-1610W≤ 0 ≤ZBenisa_euvdEU
DCP-1610WE≤ 0 ≤ZBenisa_euvdEU
DCP-1610WR≤ 0 ≤ZBenisa_euvdEU
DCP-1612W≤ 0 ≤ZBenisa_euvdEU
DCP-1612WE≤ 0 ≤ZBenisa_euvdEU
DCP-1612WR≤ 0 ≤ZBenisa_euvdEU
DCP-1615NW≤ 0 ≤Senisa_euvdEU
DCP-1616NW≤ 0 ≤Senisa_euvdEU
DCP-1617NW≤ 0 ≤Senisa_euvdEU

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

JVNDB-2025-007519JVN iPedia advisory JVNDB-2025-0075192025-09-22vendor · jvndbJP

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd jvndb NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-06-25modified 2026-06-17

references (36)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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