Schneider Electric PowerChute Serial Shutdown path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Schneider Electric PowerChute Serial Shutdown. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-11565. The attack can only be done within the local network. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Schneider Electric PowerChute Serial Shutdown (version now known). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability exists that could cause elevated system access when a Web Admin user on the local network tampers with the POST /REST/UpdateJRE request payload.

It is possible to read the advisory at download.schneider-electric.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-11565 since 10/09/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Timelineinfo

10/09/2025 CVE reserved
11/12/2025 +34 days Advisory disclosed
11/12/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/13/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: schneider-electric.com

Advisory: SEVD-2025-315-01
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-11565 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-11565
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-332191

Entryinfo

Created: 11/12/2025 16:36
Updated: 11/13/2025 05:02
Changes: 11/12/2025 16:36 (66), 11/13/2025 05:02 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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