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SQL injection in Phoenix Contact PLCnext controller web interfaces exposes a notification message SQLite database to manipulation by authenticated low-privilege users. The vulnerable endpoint is network-accessible with no attack requirements beyond a valid low-privilege account, making it trivially exploitable from any networked workstation in OT environments where such accounts exist. Impact is deliberately bounded by design to the notification subsystem - core PLC control logic, I/O, and safety functions are not affected - but notification tampering in industrial contexts may suppress or falsify operational alerts. No public exploit code exists and no CISA KEV listing is present at time of analysis.
Unauthenticated remote denial-of-service in Phoenix Contact's PLCnext Engineer communication interface allows any network-accessible attacker to interrupt engineering access to a broad range of Phoenix Contact industrial controllers. Exploitation triggers CWE-770 resource exhaustion in the PLCnext service, causing it to stop accepting connections from the PLCnext Engineer client application. Recovery requires a manual service restart - an operationally significant constraint in industrial environments where unplanned downtime carries physical and safety implications. No public exploit code is known, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV at time of analysis.
SQL injection in Phoenix Contact PLCnext controller web interfaces exposes a notification message SQLite database to manipulation by authenticated low-privilege users. The vulnerable endpoint is network-accessible with no attack requirements beyond a valid low-privilege account, making it trivially exploitable from any networked workstation in OT environments where such accounts exist. Impact is deliberately bounded by design to the notification subsystem - core PLC control logic, I/O, and safety functions are not affected - but notification tampering in industrial contexts may suppress or falsify operational alerts. No public exploit code exists and no CISA KEV listing is present at time of analysis.
Unauthenticated remote denial-of-service in Phoenix Contact's PLCnext Engineer communication interface allows any network-accessible attacker to interrupt engineering access to a broad range of Phoenix Contact industrial controllers. Exploitation triggers CWE-770 resource exhaustion in the PLCnext service, causing it to stop accepting connections from the PLCnext Engineer client application. Recovery requires a manual service restart - an operationally significant constraint in industrial environments where unplanned downtime carries physical and safety implications. No public exploit code is known, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV at time of analysis.