CVE-2023-46359
RCE in Hardy-Barth Cph2 Echarge Firmware ≤ 1.87.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2023-46359 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Hardy-Barth Cph2 Echarge Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique NTDS (T1003.003); ranked in the top 0.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
An OS command injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-46359 affects the Hardy Barth cPH2 eCharge Ladestation in version 1.87.0 and earlier. The flaw, assigned CWE-78, resides in the connectivity check feature and permits arbitrary operating system commands to be executed when specially crafted arguments are supplied.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue over the network without credentials or user interaction, achieving full system compromise including arbitrary command execution with impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 reflecting its critical severity and ease of remote exploitation.
Public references include a technical analysis from Offensity detailing the command injection in the cPH2 charging station alongside a related issue, as well as vendor links to Hardy Barth; however, no explicit patch or mitigation guidance is provided in the available references. The associated EPSS score remains elevated at a current value of 0.9303 with a peak of 0.9363.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-50579
Vulnerability Data
An OS command injection vulnerability in Hardy Barth cPH2 eCharge Ladestation v1.87.0 and earlier, may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system via a specifically crafted arguments passed to the connectivity check feature.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover missing or incorrect command sanitization during development.
Input validation directly neutralizes or rejects special characters that would otherwise alter OS command structure.
Least privilege reduces the permissions available to any process that could be subverted by injected commands.
Least functionality restricts available OS commands and interpreters, limiting the blast radius of injection.
Secure engineering principles require proper neutralization of untrusted input before command construction.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
PR.PS-06's SDLC practices directly require secure coding and input handling that blocks command-injection defects, yet the single broad outcome leaves many specific neutralization vectors and verification gaps unaddressed.
Routine patching/maintenance can remediate known command-injection CVEs in dependencies (partial forward) but does nothing to stop developers from introducing improper neutralization in custom code (none reverse).
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.