CVE-2024-11497
Phoenix Contact: CHARX-SEC3xxx Charge controllers vulnerable to privilege escalation
An authenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to perform a privilege escalation to gain root access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Phoenix Contact: CHARX-SEC3xxx Charge controllers vulnerable to privilege escalation
An authenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to perform a privilege escalation to gain root access.
- Record
CVE-2024-11497- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-34375
An authenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to perform a privilege escalation to gain root access.
- Record
EUVD-2024-34375- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4jf3-hxmq-5r2f
An authenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to perform a privilege escalation to gain...
An authenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to perform a privilege escalation to gain root access.
- Record
GHSA-4jf3-hxmq-5r2f- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An authenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to perform a privilege escalation to gain root access.
- Record
CVE-2024-11497- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-11497 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Phoenix Contact Charx Sec-3000, published January 14, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.