# Phoenix Contact: Classic line industrial controllers prone to inadequate integrity check of PLC

CVE record · `CVE-2023-46143`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2023-46143`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** CERTVDE
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-494](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/494.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-494](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-494.md)
- **Technologies:** [PHOENIX CONTACT Automation Worx Software Suite](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-automation-worx-software-suite.md) · [PHOENIX CONTACT AXC 1050](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-axc-1050.md) · [PHOENIX CONTACT AXC 1050 XC](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-axc-1050-xc.md) · [PHOENIX CONTACT AXC 3050](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-axc-3050.md) · [PHOENIX CONTACT Config+](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-config.md) · [PHOENIX CONTACT FC 350 PCI ETH](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-fc-350-pci-eth.md) · [PHOENIX CONTACT ILC1x0](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-ilc1x0.md) · [PHOENIX CONTACT ILC1x1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-ilc1x1.md) · [PHOENIX CONTACT ILC 3xx](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-ilc-3xx.md) · [PHOENIX CONTACT PC Worx](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-pc-worx.md) · [PHOENIX CONTACT PC Worx Express](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-pc-worx-express.md) · [PHOENIX CONTACT PC WORX RT BASIC](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-pc-worx-rt-basic.md) · [PHOENIX CONTACT PC WORX SRT](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-pc-worx-srt.md) · [PHOENIX CONTACT RFC 430 ETH-IB](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-rfc-430-eth-ib.md) · [PHOENIX CONTACT RFC 450 ETH-IB](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-rfc-450-eth-ib.md) · [PHOENIX CONTACT RFC 460R PN 3TX](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-rfc-460r-pn-3tx.md) · [PHOENIX CONTACT RFC 470S PN 3TX](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-rfc-470s-pn-3tx.md) · [PHOENIX CONTACT RFC 480S PN 4TX](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/phoenix-contact-rfc-480s-pn-4tx.md)
- **Published:** 14 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 22 May 2025
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: CERTVDE) at 14 Dec 2023, 14:06 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: Automation Worx Software Suite.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: AXC 1050.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: AXC 1050 XC.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: AXC 3050.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: Config+.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: FC 350 PCI ETH.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: ILC1x0.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: ILC1x1.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: ILC 3xx.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: PC Worx.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: PC Worx Express.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: PC WORX RT BASIC.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: PC WORX SRT.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: RFC 430 ETH-IB.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: RFC 450 ETH-IB.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: RFC 460R PN 3TX.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: RFC 470S PN 3TX.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT. Product: RFC 480S PN 4TX.
  - affected: `all`
  - Other versions: unaffected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.5 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`, from CNA (CERTVDE)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0033, the 26th percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 14 Dec 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2023-46143](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46143)
- [NVD: CVE-2023-46143](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46143)

### References from the CNA

- <https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2023-057/>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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