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
- cert.vde.comhttps://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2021-020
- www.zerodayinitiative.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-782/
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.