CVE-2025-25269
Local Privilege Escalation via Unauthenticated Command Injection
An unauthenticated local attacker can inject a command that is subsequently executed as root, leading to a privilege escalation.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Local Privilege Escalation via Unauthenticated Command Injection
An unauthenticated local attacker can inject a command that is subsequently executed as root, leading to a privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2025-25269- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-20403
An unauthenticated local attacker can inject a command that is subsequently executed as root, leading to a privilege escalation.
- Record
EUVD-2025-20403- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4435-w7hr-8qwm
An unauthenticated local attacker can inject a command that is subsequently executed as root,...
An unauthenticated local attacker can inject a command that is subsequently executed as root, leading to a privilege escalation.
- Record
GHSA-4435-w7hr-8qwm- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An unauthenticated local attacker can inject a command that is subsequently executed as root, leading to a privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2025-25269- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-25269 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.4) in Phoenix Contact Charx Sec-3000, published July 8, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 22nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.