CVE-2024-3913
Phoenix Contact: Start sequence allows attack during the boot process
An unauthenticated remote attacker can use this vulnerability to change the device configuration due to a file writeable for short time after system startup.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Phoenix Contact: Start sequence allows attack during the boot process
An unauthenticated remote attacker can use this vulnerability to change the device configuration due to a file writeable for short time after system startup.
- Record
CVE-2024-3913- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-32481
An unauthenticated remote attacker can use this vulnerability to change the device configuration due to a file writeable for short time after system startup.
- Record
EUVD-2024-32481- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v4w4-m4h5-jqf4
An unauthenticated remote attacker can use this vulnerability to change the device configuration...
An unauthenticated remote attacker can use this vulnerability to change the device configuration due to a file writeable for short time after system startup.
- Record
GHSA-v4w4-m4h5-jqf4- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An unauthenticated remote attacker can use this vulnerability to change the device configuration due to a file writeable for short time after system startup.
- Record
CVE-2024-3913- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- phoenix contact charx sec-3000 (1139022)
- phoenix contact charx sec-3050 (1139018)
- phoenix contact charx sec-3100 (1139012)
- phoenix contact charx sec-3150 (1139012)
- phoenixcontact charx sec-3000 firmware
- phoenixcontact charx sec-3050 firmware
- phoenixcontact charx sec-3100 firmware
- phoenixcontact charx sec-3150 firmware
- phoenixcontact charx sec 3000
- phoenixcontact charx sec 3050
- phoenixcontact charx sec 3100
- phoenixcontact charx sec 3150
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-2024-3913 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Phoenix Contact Charx Sec-3000 (1139022), published August 13, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.51%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.