Acclaim Systems USAHERDS Use of Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerability
Acclaim Systems USAHERDS contains a hard-coded credentials vulnerability that could allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution on the system that runs the application. The MachineKey must be obtained via a separate vulnerability or other channel.
A remote attacker, without authentication, can achieve full data confidentiality loss, arbitrary modification of data, complete denial of service or system unavailability. Federal agencies are required to remediate by 2025-01-13 under CISA BOD 22-01.
This is a Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Acclaim Systems USAHERDS. Acclaim USAHERDS through 7.4.0.1 uses hard-coded credentials. Exploitation requires remote network access, higher attack complexity, no authentication required, and no user interaction required.
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CISA added this CVE to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-12-23 based on evidence of active exploitation in the wild. Federal agencies required to remediate by 2025-01-13.
Manual remediation steps
Apply the Vendor Patch
This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — apply the vendor's security update as soon as possible.
CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Please contact the product developer for support and vulnerability mitigation.
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