CVE-2025-41699 Phoenix Contact: Security Advisory for CHARX SEC-3xxx charging controllers
A low-privileged remote attacker can inject commands to execute code as root on Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC charging 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-2025-41699?
CVE-2025-41699 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3000, published on 14 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An low privileged remote attacker with an account for the Web-based management can change the system configuration to perform a command injection as root, resulting in a total loss of confidentiality, availability and integrity due to improper control of generation of code ('Code Injection').
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-41699?
How do I fix CVE-2025-41699?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-41699 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-41699 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-41699 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5whr-v2mg-4xrv.