Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-25995

Critical

Published: 12 March 2024

Published
12 March 2024
Modified
30 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0237 85.3th percentile
Risk Priority 21 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-25995 is a critical-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3000 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 14.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An unauthenticated remote attacker can modify configurations to perform a remote code execution, gain root rights or perform an DoS due to improper input validation.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

phoenixcontact
charx sec-3000 firmware
≤ 1.5.1
phoenixcontact
charx sec-3050 firmware
≤ 1.5.1
phoenixcontact
charx sec-3100 firmware
≤ 1.5.1
phoenixcontact
charx sec-3150 firmware
≤ 1.5.1

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

References