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CVE-2025-25268: Unauthenticated Configuration Access via Exposed API Endpoint

• 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: 2025-07-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-306

Description

An unauthenticated adjacent attacker can modify configuration by sending specific requests to an API-endpoint resulting in read and write access due to missing authentication.

Affected products

• Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3000 Firmware: before 1.7.3 — fixed in 1.7.3
• Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3050 Firmware: before 1.7.3 — fixed in 1.7.3
• Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3100 Firmware: before 1.7.3 — fixed in 1.7.3
• Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3150 Firmware: before 1.7.3 — fixed in 1.7.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3000 Firmware 1.7.3; Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3050 Firmware 1.7.3; Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3100 Firmware 1.7.3; Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3150 Firmware 1.7.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://certvde.com/de/advisories/VDE-2025-019

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