CVE-2024-51978: Authentication bypass via default password generation affecting multiple models from Brother Industries, Ltd, Toshiba Tec, and Konica Minolta, Inc.
Brother Industries, Ltd · DCP-J928N-W/B
Vendor fix available · Affected: Brother Industries, Ltd DCP-J928N-W/B · Exploitation: check available, not yet exploited
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DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products20
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Brother Industries, Ltd · DCP-J928N-W/Bfrom 1.0 up to and including 1.03(B)
- Brother Industries, Ltd · MFC-J1800DW (Europe)from 1.0 up to and including 1.13(H)
- Brother Industries, Ltd · MFC-J1800DW (USA)from 1.0 up to and including 1.02(B)
- Brother Industries, Ltd · MFC-J4340DWEfrom 1.0 up to and including 1.38(M)
- Brother Industries, Ltd · MFC-J4345DWXLfrom 1.0 up to and including 1.38(M)
- Brother Industries, Ltd · MFC-J5855DWXLfrom 1.0 up to and including 1.25(J)
- Brother Industries, Ltd · MFC-J6555DWXLfrom 1.0 up to and including 1.19(H)
- Brother Industries, Ltd · DCP-B7520DW (China)from A up to and including V
- Brother Industries, Ltd · DCP-B7535DW (China)from A up to and including V
- Brother Industries, Ltd · DCP-B7640DW (Asia)from 1.0 up to and including 1.16(F)
- Brother Industries, Ltd · DCP-L2535DW (China)from A up to and including M
- Brother Industries, Ltd · DCP-L2540DW (Japan)from A up to and including T
- Brother Industries, Ltd · DCP-L2550DW (China)from A up to and including M
- Brother Industries, Ltd · DCP-L2550DW (Japan)from A up to and including R
- Brother Industries, Ltd · DCP-L2550DW (Taiwan)from A up to and including V
- Brother Industries, Ltd · DCP-L2660DW (Japan)from 1.0 up to and including 1.08(C)
- Brother Industries, Ltd · HL-L2361DNfrom 1.0 up to and including 1.36(Z)
- Brother Industries, Ltd · HL-L5210DN (Japan)from 1.0 up to and including 1.12(F)
- Brother Industries, Ltd · HL-L5210DW (Japan)from 1.0 up to and including 1.12(F)
- Brother Industries, Ltd · HL-L6310DW (Japan)from 1.0 up to and including 1.10(F)
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Check available, not yet exploited. A public nuclei template can confirm it on a system you are authorised to test.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- Brother Printers – Authentication Bypass via Default Admin Password · nuclei template in projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates
- Vendor
- Brother Industries, Ltd
- Published
- June 2025
CoverageNo articles yet
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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-1391cwe.mitre.org
- Vendor advisorysupport.brother.com
- Vendor advisorysupport.brother.com
- Vendor advisorysupport.brother.com
- Vendor advisorytoshibatec.com
- Vendor advisorykonicaminolta.com
- Third-party advisoryrapid7.com
- Technical descriptionassets.contentstack.io
- Exploitgithub.com
- Exploitgithub.com
- Exploitgithub.com
- securityweek.com/new-vulnerabilities-expose-millions-of-brother-securityweek.com
- darkreading.com/endpoint-security/millions-brother-printers-critdarkreading.com
1 more reference is in the CVE record.