Schneider Electric SESU up to 3.0.11 link following

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Schneider Electric SESU up to 3.0.11. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to link following. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-5296. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Schneider Electric SESU up to 3.0.11. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability exists that could cause arbitrary data to be written to protected locations, potentially leading to escalation of privilege, arbitrary file corruption, exposure of application and system information or persistent denial of service when a low-privileged attacker tampers with the installation folder.

The advisory is shared for download at download.schneider-electric.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-5296 since 05/28/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 3.0.12 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SESU 3.0.12

Timelineinfo

05/28/2025 CVE reserved
08/18/2025 +82 days Advisory disclosed
08/18/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/18/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: schneider-electric.com

Advisory: SEVD-2025-224-03
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-5296 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-5296
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-320444

Entryinfo

Created: 08/18/2025 09:38
Updated: 08/18/2025 16:03
Changes: 08/18/2025 09:38 (77), 08/18/2025 16:03 (1)
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