CVE-2024-11497 Phoenix Contact: CHARX-SEC3xxx Charge controllers vulnerable to privilege escalation
High 8.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11497 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-11497 is a high-severity vulnerability in PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3000, published on 14 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11497 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3000. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11497/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11497/index.md)
An authenticated attacker can escalate privileges to gain root access on Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC charge controllers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-11497?
CVE-2024-11497 is a high-severity vulnerability in PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3000, published on 14 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An authenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to perform a privilege escalation to gain root access.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11497?
How do I fix CVE-2024-11497?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11497 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-11497 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11497 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4jf3-hxmq-5r2f.