CVE-2025-41666

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.006 · 49 %ileDEEURU
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.60% (49th) EPSS
CVSS 8.8 · high
Is it mine?
20 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · phoenix_contact_psirt

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A low privileged remote attacker with file access can replace a critical file used by the watchdog to get read, write and execute access to any file on the device after the watchdog has been initialized.

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remediations

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

A vendor fix is available.

  • FixedAXC F 1152phoenix_contact_psirt

    Phoenix Contact strongly recommends to upgrade to firmware 2025.02 which addresses this vulnerability and will be available for download for all affected devices within the next weeks.

  • FixedAXC F 2152phoenix_contact_psirt

    Phoenix Contact strongly recommends to upgrade to firmware 2025.02 which addresses this vulnerability and will be available for download for all affected devices within the next weeks.

  • FixedAXC F 3152phoenix_contact_psirt

    Phoenix Contact strongly recommends to upgrade to firmware 2025.02 which addresses this vulnerability and will be available for download for all affected devices within the next weeks.

  • FixedBPC 9102Sphoenix_contact_psirt

    Phoenix Contact strongly recommends to upgrade to firmware 2025.02 which addresses this vulnerability and will be available for download for all affected devices within the next weeks.

  • FixedRFC 4072Sphoenix_contact_psirt

    Phoenix Contact strongly recommends to upgrade to firmware 2025.02 which addresses this vulnerability and will be available for download for all affected devices within the next weeks.

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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

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
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)
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ssvc

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

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

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USCWE-59USCWE-59US
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affected products (20)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • VDE-2025-054Phoenix Contact: Multiple Vulnerabilities in PLCnext Firmware2025-07-08csaf · phoenix_contact_psirtDE

    Multiple vulnerabilities in the PLCnext system allowed low-privileged remote attackers to gain unauthorized access or trigger system reboots by manipulating configuration files and symbolic links. Affected services include watchdog, arp-preinit, and security-profile, potentially exposing critical system files. These issues have been resolved in firmware version 2025.0.2.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bduphoenix_contact_psirtNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2025-07-08modified 2026-06-17
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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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