Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-25996

Medium

Published: 12 March 2024

Published
12 March 2024
Modified
23 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0062 70.5th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-25996 is a medium-severity Origin Validation Error (CWE-346) vulnerability in Phoenixcontact Charx Sec-3000 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 29.5% 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 perform a remote code execution due to an origin validation error. The access is limited to the service user.

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-346

Requires unique identification of the service before communications, addressing failures to validate the origin of the interaction.

addresses: CWE-346

Trusted path establishment enforces validation that the communication originates from and reaches only the intended trusted system components.

addresses: CWE-346

Enforces validation of the true origin of DNS responses via signatures and chain-of-trust mechanisms.

addresses: CWE-346

Enforces origin validation of name/address data, eliminating reliance on unverified or impersonated DNS sources.

addresses: CWE-346

Mandates origin validation so that only legitimate endpoints can continue the authenticated session.

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