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CVE-2023-46141

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-46141 describes an Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability impacting multiple PHOENIX CONTACT classic line products. This flaw allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain full control of affected devices. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a high-severity risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phoenixcontact:automationworx_software_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:phoenixcontact:axc_1050_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:phoenixcontact:axc_1050_xc_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:phoenixcontact:axc_3050_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phoenixcontact:config\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0088 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cert.vde.com / en/advisories/VDE-2023-055
Third Party Advisory