CVE-2024-6788

Phoenix Contact: update feature from CHARX controller can be used to reset a low privilege user password

Severity Score

8.6

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

A remote unauthenticated attacker can use the firmware update feature on the LAN interface of the device to reset the password for the predefined, low-privileged user “user-app” to the default password.

*Credits: McCaulay Hudson, Alexander Plaskett, NCC Group

CVSS Scores

CERT VDEv3.1 8.6

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-07-16 CVE Reserved
2024-08-13 CVE Published
2024-08-13 CVE Updated
2024-08-14 EPSS Updated
2024-10-30 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-1188: Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2024-022

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/zetraxz/CVE-2024-6788	2024-10-30

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
PHOENIX CONTACT Search vendor "PHOENIX CONTACT"		CHARX SEC-3000 Search vendor "PHOENIX CONTACT" for product "CHARX SEC-3000"				< 1.6.3 Search vendor "PHOENIX CONTACT" for product "CHARX SEC-3000" and version " < 1.6.3"		en		Affected
PHOENIX CONTACT Search vendor "PHOENIX CONTACT"		CHARX SEC-3050 Search vendor "PHOENIX CONTACT" for product "CHARX SEC-3050"				< 1.6.3 Search vendor "PHOENIX CONTACT" for product "CHARX SEC-3050" and version " < 1.6.3"		en		Affected
PHOENIX CONTACT Search vendor "PHOENIX CONTACT"		CHARX SEC-3100 Search vendor "PHOENIX CONTACT" for product "CHARX SEC-3100"				< 1.6.3 Search vendor "PHOENIX CONTACT" for product "CHARX SEC-3100" and version " < 1.6.3"		en		Affected
PHOENIX CONTACT Search vendor "PHOENIX CONTACT"		CHARX SEC-3150 Search vendor "PHOENIX CONTACT" for product "CHARX SEC-3150"				< 1.6.3 Search vendor "PHOENIX CONTACT" for product "CHARX SEC-3150" and version " < 1.6.3"		en		Affected