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Advantech ADAM-5630 Weak Encoding For Password (CVE-2024-34542)

🗓️ 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Advantech ADAM 5630 suffers CVE-2024-34542: credentials transmitted in plain text during login.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(505213);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/03/10");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-34542");
  script_xref(name:"ICSA", value:"24-270-02");

  script_name(english:"Advantech ADAM-5630 Weak Encoding For Password (CVE-2024-34542)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Advantech ADAM-5630 shares user credentials plain text between the
device and the user source device during the login process.

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-270-02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"The following text was originally created by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The original
can be found at CISA.gov.

Advantech recommends users upgrade their ADAM-5630 devices to version 2.5.2.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-34542");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(261, 522);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/09/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/09/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/03/09");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:advantech:adam-5630_firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"former");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Tenable.ot");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("tenable_ot_api_integration.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Tenable.ot/Advantech");

  exit(0);
}


include('tenable_ot_cve_funcs.inc');

get_kb_item_or_exit('Tenable.ot/Advantech');

var asset = tenable_ot::assets::get(vendor:'Advantech');

var vuln_cpes = {
    "cpe:/o:advantech:adam-5630_firmware" :
        {"versionEndExcluding" : "2.5.2", "family" : "ADAM-5000"}
};

tenable_ot::cve::compare_and_report(asset:asset, cpes:vuln_cpes, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);

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10 Mar 2026 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 3.15.7
CVSS 46.9
EPSS0.00215
SSVC
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