Privilege escalation in Phoenix Contact Charx Sec-3000
CVE-2025-24006
A low privileged local attacker can leverage insecure permissions via SSH on the affected devices to escalate privileges to root.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.001 (1.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 1.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Phoenix Contact Charx Sec-3000 — versions 0.0.0
- Phoenix Contact Charx Sec-3050 — versions 0.0.0
- Phoenix Contact Charx Sec-3100 — versions 0.0.0
- Phoenix Contact Charx Sec-3150 — versions 0.0.0
- Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3000
- Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3000 Firmware
- Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3050
- Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3050 Firmware
- Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3100
- Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3100 Firmware
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- certvde.com/de/advisories/VDE-2025-014 (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-24006?
- CVE-2025-24006 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phoenix Contact Charx Sec-3000, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-07-08.
- How severe is CVE-2025-24006?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-24006 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.