CVE-2023-46141
Phoenix Contact: Automation Worx and classic line controllers prone to Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- CERTVDE
Description
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in multiple products of the PHOENIX CONTACT classic line allow an remote unauthenticated attacker to gain full access of the affected device.
Timeline
ID reserved
By CERTVDE
- 58 days later
· 58 days later
Published
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CERTVDECNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.88% · top 41% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
PHOENIX CONTACT · Automation Worx Software Suite
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PHOENIX CONTACT · FC 350 PCI ETH
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PHOENIX CONTACT · PC Worx Express
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PHOENIX CONTACT · PC WORX RT BASIC
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PHOENIX CONTACT · RFC 430 ETH-IB
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PHOENIX CONTACT · RFC 450 ETH-IB
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PHOENIX CONTACT · RFC 460R PN 3TX
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PHOENIX CONTACT · RFC 470S PN 3TX
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PHOENIX CONTACT · RFC 480S PN 4TX
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References (1)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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