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CVE-2023-1109: PHOENIX CONTACT: Directory Traversal Vulnerability in ENERGY AXC PU Web service

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-04-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

In Phoenix Contacts ENERGY AXC PU Web service an authenticated restricted user of the web frontend can access, read, write and create files throughout the file system using specially crafted URLs via the upload and download functionality of the web service. This may lead to full control of the service.

Affected products

• Phoenixcontact Energy Axc Pu: from 01.00.00.00 through 04.15.00.00
• Phoenixcontact Infobox Firmware: from 01.00.00.00 through 02.02.00.00
• Phoenixcontact Smartrtu Axc Ig Firmware: from 01.00.00.00 through 01.02.00.01
• Phoenixcontact Smartrtu Axc Sg Firmware: from 01.00.00.00 through 01.08.00.02

References

• https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2023-003/
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w923-8w64-f5gh
• https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2023-003/

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