Vulnerability · Published Jul 8, 2025 · Assigned by CERTVDE

CVE-2025-25268Unauthenticated Configuration Access via Exposed API Endpoint

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity missing authentication in CHARX SEC-3000 from Phoenix Contact. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An unauthenticated adjacent attacker can modify configuration by sending specific requests to an API-endpoint resulting in read and write access due to missing authentication.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3150 0.0.0 – before 1.7.3
Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3100 0.0.0 – before 1.7.3
Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3050 0.0.0 – before 1.7.3
Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3000 0.0.0 – before 1.7.3

Weakness: CWE-306 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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