CVE-2024-11497

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileDEEU

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.40% (34th) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · phoenix_contact_psirt

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedphoenix_contact_psirt
Phoenix Contact strongly recommends upgrading affected charge controllers to firmware version 1.7.0 or higher which fixes this vulnerability.
Workaroundphoenix_contact_psirt
Phoenix Contact recommends operating network-capable devices in closed networks or protected with a suitable firewall. For detailed information on our recommendations for measures to protect network-capable devices, please refer to General Recommendation.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · info@cert.vde.comexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Phoenix Contact PSIRT DE

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-732USCWE-732US

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-30000 → 1.7.0enisa_euvdEU
PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-30500 → 1.7.0enisa_euvdEU
PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-31000 → 1.7.0enisa_euvdEU
PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-31500 → 1.7.0enisa_euvdEU
Firmware 1.7.0 installed on CHARX SEC-3000all versionsfixedphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware 1.7.0 installed on CHARX SEC-3050all versionsfixedphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware 1.7.0 installed on CHARX SEC-3100all versionsfixedphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware 1.7.0 installed on CHARX SEC-3150all versionsfixedphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware <1.7.0 installed on CHARX SEC-3000all versionsphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware <1.7.0 installed on CHARX SEC-3050all versionsphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware <1.7.0 installed on CHARX SEC-3100all versionsphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware <1.7.0 installed on CHARX SEC-3150all versionsphoenix_contact_psirtDE

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

VDE-2024-070Phoenix Contact: Security Advisory for CHARX-SEC3xxx Charge controllers2025-01-14csaf · phoenix_contact_psirtDE
Improper file permission handling allows an authenticated low privileged user to gain root access.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd phoenix_contact_psirt NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-01-14modified 2026-06-17

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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