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CVE-2024-11497: Phoenix Contact: CHARX-SEC3xxx Charge controllers vulnerable to privilege escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-01-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

An authenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to perform a privilege escalation to gain root access.

Affected products

• Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3000: before 1.7.0 — fixed in 1.7.0
• Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3050: before 1.7.0 — fixed in 1.7.0
• Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3100: before 1.7.0 — fixed in 1.7.0
• Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3150: before 1.7.0 — fixed in 1.7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3000 1.7.0; Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3050 1.7.0; Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3100 1.7.0; Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3150 1.7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2024-070

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