Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-23971

Command Injection in Chargepoint Home Flex Nema 14-50 Plug Firmware

Command Injection
Published
31 January 2025
Modified
30 September 2025
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0049 40th percentile
Risk Priority 64 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-23971 is a high-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Chargepoint Home Flex Nema 14-50 Plug Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked at the 40th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

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.

CVE-2024-23971 is a command injection vulnerability (CWE-77) affecting ChargePoint Home Flex charging stations. The flaw resides in the handling of OCPP messages, where a user-supplied string lacks proper validation before being passed to a system call. This enables network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of root without requiring authentication.

Network-adjacent attackers can exploit the vulnerability with low complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction, as indicated by the CVSS vector AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (score 8.8). Successful exploitation allows full arbitrary code execution as root, potentially compromising the device's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The Zero Day Initiative advisory at https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1053/ provides further details on the issue, including potential mitigation guidance.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of ChargePoint Home Flex charging stations. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of OCPP messages. The issue results from…

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the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root.

CWE(s)
CWE-77

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1059.001 PowerShell Execution
Adversaries may abuse PowerShell commands and scripts for execution.
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T1059.003 Windows Command Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse the Windows command shell for execution.
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T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
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T1059.008 Network Device CLI Execution
Adversaries may abuse scripting or built-in command line interpreters (CLI) on network devices to execute malicious command and payloads.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2024-23921Same product: Chargepoint Home Flex Hardwired
CVE-2024-23968Same product: Chargepoint Home Flex Hardwired
CVE-2024-23969Same product: Chargepoint Home Flex Hardwired
CVE-2024-23920Same product: Chargepoint Home Flex Hardwired
CVE-2024-23970Same product: Chargepoint Home Flex Hardwired
CVE-2024-53672Shared CWE-77
CVE-2024-38228Shared CWE-77
CVE-2023-1389Shared CWE-77
CVE-2023-46409Shared CWE-77
CVE-2023-37469Shared CWE-77

Affected Assets

chargepoint
home flex nema 14-50 plug firmware
all versions
chargepoint
home flex hardwired firmware
all versions
chargepoint
home flex nema 6-50 plug firmware
all versions

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.2.3
  • V1.2.5
  • V1.2.8
  • V1.2.9

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing and evaluation can discover command-construction flaws before deployment.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

Input validation directly stops construction of commands from untrusted data containing special elements.

SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles partial match

Secure engineering principles include proper neutralization and safe command construction practices.

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 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and neutralization that prevent command injection.

DE.CM-09 partial match
prevents

Runtime monitoring of software and data can detect anomalous command execution resulting from injection.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Identifying recorded vulnerabilities enables remediation of command-injection flaws before exploitation.

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.

A.8.28 Secure coding mostly match
prevents

Secure coding standards require proper escaping and parameterization of commands, directly eliminating CWE-77.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development catches command-injection vulnerabilities before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates input validation and command construction practices that directly prevent command injection.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against injection flaws including command injection.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles reduce the attack surface but do not prescribe the specific neutralization techniques needed.

A.8.31 Separation of development, test and production environments none match
none

Environment separation limits the blast radius of an exploited command injection but does not prevent the flaw itself.

References