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01 Record

CVE-2021-33542

Phoenix Contact: Automation Worx Software Suite affected by Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: CERTVDE
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

02 Description

Phoenix Contact: Automation Worx Software Suite affected by Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 77.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-06-25 18:26Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 01:31Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-05-24
Assigning CNA
CERTVDE
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-824Access of Uninitialized PointerBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
f734b81039a9a87e134f02f6be7e9079429fcfde492cbd94cab5432e1bc349b5

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Phoenix ContactAutomation Worx Software SuitePC Worx to 1.87, PC Worx Express to 1.87, Config+ to 1.87—

06 References

07 Remediation

Temporary Fix / Mitigation We strongly recommend customers to exchange project files only using secure file exchange services. Project files should not be exchanged via unencrypted email. Remediation With the next version of Automationworx Software Suite the affected data will be initialized completely and thereby freeing of unallocated memory will be prevented.