CVE-2024-28133

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 32 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.38% (32nd) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

16 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · phoenix_contact_psirt

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A local low privileged attacker can use an untrusted search path in a CHARX system utility to gain root privileges.

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 1.6 which fixes these vulnerabilities.
Mitigationphoenix_contact_psirt
Phoenix Contact recommends operating network-capable devices in closed networks orprotected with a suitable firewall. For detailed information on our recommendations for measuresto protect network-capable devices, please refer to our application note. Measures to protect network-capable devices with Ethernet connection

cvss

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

7.8

010

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

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · info@cert.vde.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Phoenix Contact PSIRT DE

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/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-426USCWE-426US

affected products (16)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3000≤ 0 ≤1.5.1enisa_euvdEU
PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3050≤ 0 ≤1.5.1enisa_euvdEU
PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3100≤ 0 ≤1.5.1enisa_euvdEU
PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3150≤ 0 ≤1.5.1enisa_euvdEU
phoenixcontact charx sec-3000 firmware≤ 1.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:phoenixcontact:charx_sec-3000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phoenixcontact charx sec-3050 firmware≤ 1.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:phoenixcontact:charx_sec-3050_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phoenixcontact charx sec-3100 firmware≤ 1.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:phoenixcontact:charx_sec-3100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phoenixcontact charx sec-3150 firmware≤ 1.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:phoenixcontact:charx_sec-3150_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Firmware 1.6 installed on CHARX SEC-3000all versionsfixedphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware 1.6 installed on CHARX SEC-3050all versionsfixedphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware 1.6 installed on CHARX SEC-3100all versionsfixedphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware 1.6 installed on CHARX SEC-3150all versionsfixedphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware <=1.5.1 installed on CHARX SEC-3000all versionsphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware <=1.5.1 installed on CHARX SEC-3050all versionsphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware <=1.5.1 installed on CHARX SEC-3100all versionsphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware <=1.5.1 installed on CHARX SEC-3150all versionsphoenix_contact_psirtDE

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

VDE-2024-019Phoenix Contact: Multiple vulnerabilities in the Firmware of CHARX SEC charge controllers2024-05-14csaf · phoenix_contact_psirtDE
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Firmware of CHARX SEC charge controllers. Update: credis have been updated

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd phoenix_contact_psirt NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-05-14modified 2026-06-17

references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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