CVE-2024-6788 (GCVE-0-2024-6788)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-08-13 13:15
Modified
2025-08-22 10:24
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CWE
Summary
A remote unauthenticated attacker can use the firmware update feature on the LAN interface of the device to reset the password for the predefined, low-privileged user “user-app” to the default password.
References
info@cert.vde.comhttps://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2024-022Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3000 Version: 0   ≤
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   PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3050 Version: 0   ≤
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   PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3100 Version: 0   ≤
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   PHOENIX CONTACT CHARX SEC-3150 Version: 0   ≤
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