# CVE-2024-2862: LG LED Assistant - Authentication Bypass

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2024-2862 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-2862

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 9.1
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** LG Electronics LG LED Assistant
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-287 (Improper Authentication); CWE-640 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password)
- **Tags:** iot

## Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to reset the password of anonymous users without authorization on the affected LG LED Assistant.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-2862](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2862) is a high-severity vulnerability in LG LED Assistant that allows remote attackers to reset the passwords of anonymous users without authorization. This flaw could be exploited to disrupt user access or facilitate further attacks by manipulating account credentials.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 7th of January 2026.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2024-2862 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

Attackers exploit the `/api/changePw` endpoint by spoofing the `X-Forwarded-For` header with `127.0.0.1` to perform unauthenticated password resets. This technique targets password reset functionality and can lead to unauthorized account access.

## Timeline

- 2024-03-25: CVE Published. CVE-2024-2862 is published to NVD.
- 2026-01-07: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-2862 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2026-02-01: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-2862 for the first time.

## References

- https://lgsecurity.lge.com/bulletins/idproducts#updateDetails
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-2862.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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