# CVE-2025-5873: eCharge Hardy Barth Salia PLCC Web UI firmware.php unrestricted upload

> Remote attackers can upload arbitrary files via the Web UI firmware endpoint, potentially leading to code execution on the charging station.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 9 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hwgr-8pw8-m35m

## What is CVE-2025-5873?

CVE-2025-5873 is a medium-severity vulnerability in eCharge Hardy Barth Salia PLCC, published on 9 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was detected in eCharge Hardy Barth Salia PLCC up to 2.3.81. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /firmware.php of the component Web UI. Performing a manipulation of the argument media results in unrestricted upload. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5873?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-5873?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5873 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-5873 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5873 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-5873 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-5873 is a medium-severity vulnerability in eCharge Hardy Barth Salia PLCC, published on 9 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5873 exists.

Affected product: eCharge Hardy Barth Salia PLCC. 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-2025-5873/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5873/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5873
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5873
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5873

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5873/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.