CVE-2024-6788 (GCVE-0-2024-6788)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-13 13:15 – Updated: 2025-08-22 10:24
VLAI?
Title
Phoenix Contact: update feature from CHARX controller can be used to reset a low privilege user password
Summary
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.
Severity ?
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3000 Affected: 0 , < 1.6.3 (semver)
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Credits
McCaulay Hudson Alexander Plaskett NCC Group
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